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Report Articles from IPPO

  1. Delivering Data-Led Local Policy

    Delivering Data-Led Local Policy

    February 20, 2026

    Bonnie Buyuklieva, Jeremy Williams, Selin Zileli, Maria Wood, Martin Gozzi, Veronica-Nicholle Hera, Ayden McKeating and Sarah Chaytor Local authorities across the UK hold data that could materially improve public services, from planning for net zero to supporting families early and understanding how local labour markets are changing. Yet much of this intelligence remains hard to use in practice. Data is often held in silos, stored in inconsistent formats, and governed for caution rather than collaboration. The result is lost time, duplicated effort, and few opportunities to act timely and impactfully. Delivering Data-Led...

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  2. Evaluation of IPPO’S Impact

    Evaluation of IPPO’S Impact

    December 22, 2024

    Rebecca Hanlin, Amanda-Leigh O’Connell  The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) was launched in 2020 with an overarching aim to enable access to and use of evidence and knowledge to mitigate the social harms of COVID-19. It was focused on achieving this aim through:  An evaluation of its first two years of operations—during the COVID-19 pandemic— found that the Observatory developed a range of mechanisms and networks that enabled it to fill critical gaps in demand for evidence and stimulate demand and use for that evidence.  IPPO received a second round of funding...

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  3. How to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Doorstep Deliveries

    How to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Doorstep Deliveries

    December 17, 2024

    Hope McGee In 2024, the International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) was asked by government partners to explore how policymakers could help to reduce the carbon emitted during the last mile of a parcel’s delivery journey. As part of this work, the observatory held an exploratory roundtable with cross-departmental academics at UCL to identify areas for policy action. Following this, we hosted a broader roundtable with representatives from across the freight and delivery landscape, which fed into a systems map to guide our thinking on this subject. This paper explores the trends contributing...

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  4. How to Build Data Capacity and Culture in Local Government

    How to Build Data Capacity and Culture in Local Government

    December 17, 2024

    Bonnie Buyuklieva, Jeremy Williams, Selin Zileli, Maria Wood, Martin Gozzi, Veronica-Nicholle Hera and Thomas Murat This report was republished on Friday 20 February, with an additional foreword. It presents five case studies, cross-cutting findings and scalable recommendations for strengthening data capacity and culture in local government. Please visit the new page here. Download the republished report here.

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