Getting On: Wellbeing in Later Life

There is a lively policy debate about later life, dominated by how to improve pensions and social care, and who will foot the bill. But there is much less information about people’s experiences of ...

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Opportunities in an Age of Austerity: Smart way...

Now that politicians are facing up to the reality of the fiscal situation, it is a good time to examine opportunities for progressive reform in the tough financial environment – the ‘age of austeri...

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Low-Carbon Jobs in an Inter-Connected World

This paper focuses on the emerging debate concerning the creation of ‘low-carbon’ jobs. What perhaps began as rhetoric generated for the purpose of counteracting climate negativity is now developin...

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You Can’t Put Me In A Box: Super-diversity and ...

This paper attempts to map out just how diverse Britain is, both in terms of who lives in Britain and how they identify themselves. We explore how discrimination and disadvantage do not map easily ...

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Saving and Asset-Building in Low-Income Households

This paper reports the results of research designed to examine how low-income families manage their budgets. It presents some of the findings from a study of the income, expenditure, saving and bor...

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Saving and Asset Building in Low Income Households

WWW.IPPR.ORG Saving and AssetBuilding in LowIncome Households Tony Dolphin December 2009 © ippr 2009 Institute for Public Policy Research Challenging ideas – Changing policy 2 ippr | Saving an...

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When Times Are Tough: Four families’ stories

ippr has examined how 58 low-income families manage their day-to-day finances. The innovative research, which took place in London, Newcastle, Nottingham and Glasgow in 2008–2009, has provided insi...

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Strength Against Shocks: Low-income families an...

This is the final report from ippr’s innovative research with 58 low-income families in London, Newcastle, Nottingham and Glasgow which aimed to understand what the expansion of household debt has ...

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Integrating Health and Social Care Budgets: A c...

This paper opens a debate around the prospects for a more innovative, more responsive model of public services for groups of users with complex needs. This model revolves around integrating healthc...

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Is An English Backlash Emerging? Reactions to d...

The introduction of devolution in Scotland and Wales was probably the most radical of the set of constitutional reforms implemented in the early years of Tony Blair’s government. This report, prepa...

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Policy Coherence and the Future of the UK's Int...

The aim of this report is to inform the debate about the future of the UK’s development policy. We assess how far UK policies are coherent from a development perspective, and what the balance is be...

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Policy Coherence and the Future of the UK's Int...

The aim of this report is to inform the debate about the future of the UK’s development policy. We assess how far UK policies are coherent from a development perspective, and what the balance is be...

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Development_Do Points Mean Prizes

This paper examines the nature of migration’s development impacts in some depth and asks how the Government can ensure that the UK’s migration policies contribute positively to the lives of some of...

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States of Conflict: A case study on state-build...

The efforts to stabilise Afghanistan since the overthrow of the Taliban regime have involved complex endeavours on the part of diverse actors in the international community, and components of Afgha...

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Arrested Development: Unlocking change in the p...

The time has come for radical reform to the police service in England and Wales as funding is set to be cut and the police face new challenges. This report argues that there is a strong case for w...

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Copenhagen and beyond: An ippr guide to the cli...

In this short guide, ippr’s expert climate change team set out in a clear and accessible way what might happen at Copenhagen, what might come after and the background to the negotiations.

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Getting On: Wellbeing in Later Life

The population of the UK is getting older and that the number of people aged over 75 (sometimes referred to as the ‘older old’) is growing particularly quickly. There is little information about pe...

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Opportunities in an Age of Austerity: Smart way...

Now that politicians are facing up to the reality of the fiscal situation, it is a good time to examine opportunities for progressive reform in the tough financial environment – the ‘age of austeri...

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States of Conflict: A case study on peace-build...

This paper explores the effects of international state-building efforts on the Bosnian state. It addresses the central question of what happens when external ideas about what constitutes a ‘modern’...

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A Future for Politics: Ways to reform our polit...

In this short volume of essays the leading think tanks debate the pros and cons of a range of approaches to putting democracy in the United Kingdom on a firmer footing. It features contributions fr...

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