The UK’s competition framework — and its regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority — has struggled to prevent rising market concentration and stagnant productivity. At the same time, the UK ...

Rising market concentration in hands of a few powerful companies stifles UK economy App developers pay commission of up to 30 per cent of in-app purchase revenue to Apple or Google, likely to total at ...

In the first quarter of 2025, the UK economy grew by 0.7 per cent. This is an increase on the final quarter of 2024, when the growth rate was 0.1 per cent. This compares to the US economy which shrank ...

Reacting to the immigration white paper, Marley Morris, associate director at IPPR, said: "Today represents the biggest shake-up of the immigration system since Brexit. The government has set out its ...

Reacting to today’s decision by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee to cut interest rates to 4.25 per cent, Carsten Jung, head of macroeconomics at IPPR, said: “Today all eyes were on how ...

With a new immigration white paper imminent, this blog outlines how the government must balance pursuing its growth mission with managing the pressures of migration and supporting integration to ...

Reacting to the trade deal struck between the UK and India, Marley Morris, associate director for trade at IPPR, said: "After three prime ministers failed to get a trade deal with India over the line, ...

Global political attention remains fixed on Washington. US president Donald Trump’s tariffs (and the circling threat of new tariffs) are challenging the global economic order and throwing governments ...

Reacting to the trade deal struck between the UK and the US, Marley Morris, associate director for trade at IPPR, said: "Today’s deal is the second big win for UK trade this week. The government ...

The final report of the Lord Darzi Review of Health and Care Earlier this year we published the interim report of this review. This took the 70th anniversary of the NHS – and the 10th anniversary of ...

English local government faces major reshaping. England’s new mayors will join a group of highly visible leaders. But large-scale mayoral authorities are unfamiliar in England, and they will need to ...