Shifting ‘Basic Income’ from Pilot Projects to Policy
The Basic Income for Care Leavers in Wales Pilot is progressive policy making action. Can its outcomes shift thinking among UK governments?
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Remedying Spatial Inequality: Key Lessons for Regional and Local Policymakers
Read moreHenriette Ruhrmann Spatial inequality in the UK stands out as a significant concern. The top half of its regions are on par with prosperous Finland in terms of GDP per capita, and the bottom half ranks below the Czech Republic (LGA 2023, McCann 2020). Policymakers are faced with the ongoing dilemma of whether Whitehall or local leaders are better equipped to address inequality between and within regions. IPPO Cities’ policy roundtable on “Place and Spatial Inequality” convened national and local policymakers and experts to discuss the road ahead for remedying spatial inequality....
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What We Don’t Yet Know About Hybrid and Remote Working
Read moreHybrid or remote working offer huge opportunities, but also pose a challenge for employee inclusion, levels of inequality and wellbeing.
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IPPO Cities: Can Devolution and Levelling Up Combat Spatial Inequality?
Read moreHenriette Ruhrmann The UK stands out among large wealthy OECD countries for its high levels of regional inequality (Westwood et al. 2021), with residents of the South East having on average higher skill levels, longer life expectancy, and greater productivity than elsewhere in the country (Carter 2022). This productivity gap has widened over the past 50 years (Johns et al. 2020) with inequality within larger regions similarly seeing islands of productivity pulling ahead of the rest. While there are many potential historic causes for the regional productivity gap, including the lingering effects...