📢NEW CPP analysis: How can the next government achieve high pay, high skilled, high productivity jobs for all? National and international work suggests this can be done.
Read our latest
#election2024
briefing below to find out how⬇️
🚨 NEW | Leave in the lurch: Paternity leave, gender equality and the UK economy
Today we launch a new report, together with
@PregnantScrewed
and
@Women_In_Data
, on the economic and health benefits of boosting paternity leave.
A short thread on the findings 🧵👇
🚨NEW REPORT🚨
How can we transform the UK’s economy?
In our new report, Funding Fair Growth, we reveal the stark cost of maintaining public services at current levels over the next parliament and set out how a future government could drive transformative change.
A thread🧵
Only two weeks to go to CPP's
#IGConf22
We're looking forward to hearing from
@MarinaHyde
, Guardian columnist, on how the current political landscape might impact our search for economic stability and shared prosperity.
🔗 Full programme & registration:
🚨NEW: CPP’s
#GrowingPains
report is out now.
Our new report lays bare the economic costs of the lack of accessible, affordable childcare in the UK, and makes the case to recognise childcare as infrastructure in government spending.🧵⬇️
#ChildcareIsInfrastructure
#CPPresearch
NEW: 11 Mayors and political leaders across the UK are urging
@trussliz
to urgently address the cost-of-living crisis, as they prepare for 'a tidal wave of need' this winter.
The
@IGN_tweets
members also urge the new PM to adopt inclusive growth as a long-term economic strategy.
Thanks to our fantastic host
@MartineBBC
, all speakers and everyone who attended our Inclusive Growth Conference 2022 at the Royal Institution.
If you missed any part of the day or could not attend, you can catch up on all the sessions here 🔗🎦
#IGConf22
6/ 🇨🇦 Canada has no fiscal rules. Instead, a Parliamentary Budget Officer is responsible for providing independent analysis to Parliament to promote budget transparency.
Canada’s experience suggests that credibility and discipline can be achieved without fiscal rules.
📢 NEW REPORT: investment in
#childcare
provisions would boost annual earnings of working mothers by up to £10.9 billion - generating up to £28.2 billion in economic output 👉🏼
#CPPchildcare
#CPPresearch
🚨NEW REPORT
CPP's new report on the cost of living crisis across the devolved nations is out now
With much analysis focused on England, our new report seeks to fill the gap and examines the varied impacts of the cost of living crisis across Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland🧵
We are delighted to announce that
@zoe_billingham
was awarded the Crook Public Service Fellowship by
@sheffielduni
, providing future leaders in public and not-for-profit sectors with the opportunity to collaborate with academics to address policy issues.
The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on households on low incomes is a national emergency.
We, along with 70 other organisations, have written to
@trussliz
and
@RishiSunak
to urge them to act now.
NEW: The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on low-income families is the gravest issue our country faces.
We, along with 70 other charities, have written to
@trussliz
and
@RishiSunak
for their reassurance that families will receive sufficient support.
🧵
A little video on our latest report explaining the scale of gendered unpaid care inequalities and how this impacts women in the labour market
Featuring coverage from our great event on this topic with
@stellacreasy
,
@EmmaStewartTW
and Mary-Ann Stephenson of the
@WomensBudgetGrp
Today we launch our latest levelling-up outlook, exploring the what the cost of living crisis means for your area
We find that those living in both London and the former Red Wall seats are most vulnerable...
🚨NEW | Analysis by CPP’s Head of Research & Analysis
@RosieFogden
looks at the impact of failing public services on health and productivity.
Here are some of our key findings from our new report, Crumbling Foundations 🧵⤵️
🚨NEW REPORT🚨
The final report in our Women in the Labour Market Series is out
We find huge gender inequalities in the provision of unpaid care which have negatively impacted women in work
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🚨NEW: our Inclusive Growth tracker explores how people feel about their local economy.
We found that people are most pessimistic about the future of their local economy in Yorkshire & Humber and the North East.
Thrilled to announce the last group of speakers that will join us at CPP's Inclusive Growth Conference 2022 👇
🎤
@patmcfaddenmp
,
@MarinaHyde
,
@GilesyB
&
@calldritt
Book now to join the conversation!
📅 22 Nov|9.30-4.30pm
📍 Royal Institution, London
🎟️
Poverty is hugely detrimental to health; it makes people ill.
This year, we've been working with
@TheKingsFund
to explore how the health and care systems can better respond to the causes and impacts of poverty.
Check out our findings in this long read:
🚨NEW: CPP’s
#Education
report is out now.
Today, we launch a new report on the wider determinants of educational success.
Too often, where a child is born determines their life chances. We need bold action to ensure every child has a fair chance to excel in school and beyond🧵
The Chancellor spoke about growth last week, but announced nothing on childcare.
Our recent research found that 1.7 million women are prevented from working more hours due to childcare issues.
👇Read our report, What Women Want:
We have written to Jeremy Hunt, following yesterday's Autumn Statement, as it did not consider the needs of parents. In fact, it will make things even more difficult for working families, triggering higher levels of economic inactivity amongst this group
A lack of high-quality, affordable and accessible childcare options denies women full control over their working lives.
Read CPP’s research on why investing in childcare should be a priority for the government, to support parents and boost the economy.
🔗
"If we want local governments to become engines of growth... we need to seriously rebuild local government capacity."
CPP Research Analyst
@RMudie96
writes for
@Prospect_uk
on why Birmingham City Council went bust and what needs to change.
In support of our latest report 'Reskilling for recovery'
@AoCDavidH
@AoC_info
highlights that local colleges are key to the rebuild and recovery agenda. It is now time for the government to provide a meaningful education to everyone who needs one.
👉
👨🍼New paternity-leave rules don't go far enough.
Check out the findings from
@PregnantScrewed
latest survey and read coverage on our joint report, together with
@Women_In_Data
, on the economic and health benefits of boosting paternity leave.👇
A huge thank you to
@Dambisamoyo
for a fantastic in-conversation webinar, with
@calldritt
. It excellently explored to what extent the pandemic created a ‘reset’ moment for global capitalism.
Thank you all who attended and contributed.
#CPPDambisaMoyo
As we have argued in our recent work, a focus on skills is essential for an inclusive recovery. Today,
@aoc_info
has published a skills led recovery plan designed to help 764k young people and disadvantaged adults get the education and training they need.
Now
@EmmaStewartTW
from
@Timewise_UK
"Still only a third of job vacancies reference flexibility in the advert. And this cuts the conversation off with many who need that flexibility from the start. Changing this is vital to addressing our skills shortages"
#WhatWomenWant
♀️
"Labour will have to start with radical fiscal reform if it is to prevent public services and local government from crumbling beyond repair."
@calldritt
writes for
@LabourList
on the three spending traps
@UKLabour
faces on its path to power:
Five extra years of
#healthy
, independent life for all UK citizens by 2035. Closing the rich-poor
#socialgap
. We're helping the
@APPGLongevity
achieve those ambitious goals. Help get the conversation going at the launch event on Feb 12th
‘Central government often has the right intentions but needs to create a new framework in which it steps back to give local government the space to deliver.’
✍️ New guest blog from JP Spencer
@metrodynamics
on local gov as a driver of prosperity in the UK
The link between decent pay and good health is clear.
And it's also good for the economy: lifting just a quarter of low-paid workers on to the living wage could boost the UK economy by £1.7bn because of increased productivity. 🧵
CPP is proud to join over 90 organisations uniting to call on all UK party leaders to guarantee
#OurEssentials
for families on low incomes.
The basic rate of
#UniversalCredit
must become linked to the actual cost of essential goods like food & utilities.
'The regional economic inequalities that make devolution so compelling are the same that necessitate safeguards to ensure fiscal devolution can reduce rather than exacerbate them.'
✍️CPP's CEO
@calldritt
for
@themjcouk
on devolution & boosting local gov.
International evidence shows that
#devolution
can reduce regional disparities and support the
#levellingup
agenda.
The sixth blog in our social infrastructure series outlines a set of principles for social infrastructure devolution.
By
@dan_gardiner_
We are pleased to announce our research partnership with the
@APPGIncluGro
to drive forward the
#InclusiveGrowth
agenda. We will work together to help bring about the necessary shift in how we measure economic growth for all.
👋 A big welcome to
@Dhochlaf
who joined CPP as Research Analyst to come up with new policy ideas to tackle the root causes of
#inequality
, harnessing the best of central and
#localgovernment
to help build a fairer, more productive economy based on
#inclusivegrowth
.
'While long-held societal norms about gendered parenting roles are shifting, the UK’s parental leave system has not kept pace.'
CPP's
@RosieFogden
&
@PregnantScrewed
share their thoughts on our new joint report on why paternity leave should be improved.👇
🔊This September marks the
@IGN_tweets
first anniversary!
At the height of the
#COVID19
recovery, it set-out to provide access to a package of peer-peer support to help address delivery challenges and harness opportunities to build inclusive local economies
#IGNanniversary
At our
#IGCon23
, Claire McColgan,
@lpoolcouncil
Director of Culture & lead for
#Eurovision
2023, and
@bonsuman
discussed the role that fair, inclusive growth played in pulling off one of the biggest cultural events in the European calendar.
Watch it here📺
CPP has been shortlisted for the Think Tank Awards in the categories 'Economics and Financial Affairs' and the 'One to Watch' by
@prospect_uk
- thank you!
Want to know more about our work? Join our annual conference
#IGConf2021
👉
Blog: Without an understanding of place and how policy is manifest on the ground, we will continue to promise or hope for
#InclusiveGrowth
without finding the means to shift away from our current ‘grow now, redistribute later’ approach. by
@calldritt
We welcome the
#Chancellor
's pledges on skills and training, but we need to see more to make upskilling and reskilling a central part of the recovery, says
@andynorman810
We have published a series of reports measuring
#InclusiveGrowth
at the country, community and employer level. This series delivers the most comprehensive set of measures yet on the multidimensional nature of inclusive growth. Read the reports ➡️
Everyone should benefit from and be able to contribute to economic growth. Tackling poverty and poor health is a crucial part of this.
That's why we're working with
@TheKingsFund
on a new project bringing together health and economic leaders.
Read more:
Calls to
#BuildBackBetter
have been made across the political spectrum, but it's local areas leading the way in defining what that means for their communities.
@mike_hawking
@jrf_uk
writes for
@IGN_tweets
about the need for more inclusive local economies
Save the date! Our Inclusive Growth Conference 2019 will be held on the 26th November
@TheIET
in London. We will be drawing on the best of local, national & international inclusive growth practice to debate delivery of the critical
#inclusivegrowth
agenda.
Ill health is one of the major factors that holds people back from participating in the economy. With large numbers of people becoming economically inactive due to ill health since the start of the pandemic, this is a welcome step.
🚨NEW: CPP’s
#CostOfLiving
Report is out now.
Our new report looks at the areas in England where rising costs pose the greatest threat to living standards and jobs.
Thread of key findings and CPP’s recommendations 🧵⬇️ |
#CostOfLiving
research
🔊
#CPPresearch
: Why is childcare failing working mums?
Among advanced OECD economies, the UK spends the second least amount on childcare, less than 0.1% of GDP 👇🏼
#childcare
Mary-Ann Stephenson from
@WomensBudgetGrp
"Pre-covid women did 60% more unpaid work than men, mainly care work. And this means that women can't do as much paid work. It leaves them poorer. Women only have about 25% of the median private pension wealth as men"
#WhatWomenWant
♀️
Sign up now for our upcoming event as we launch our latest report on the impact of the care penalty on women in work
We have a fascinating discussion lined up as we are joined by Labour MP
@stellacreasy
and Mary-Ann Stephenson of the
@WomensBudgetGrp
Our latest report 'Back from the brink: Avoiding a lost generation' examines the economic impact of
#Covid19UK
at a local level, assessing the vulnerability and resilience of UK communities.
👉
Investment in education will be absolutely critical to reverse deep inequalities & drive productivity.
Recommendations in our new report:
🧒 Invest in the Pupil Premium
🏘️ Funding for Family Hubs
🚌 Free transport for children
🏫 Mental health provision
Great that Sunak wants better education, but as our new report shows you can't improve outcomes when millions of children are trapped in poverty
To harness education to improve growth, you need a much fairer distribution of social and economic resource
Some personal news, after 2 and a half great years, Friday will be my last day at
@IPPR
But we want more progressive policy tweets, I hear you cry
Well luckily I will still be working in this space with the fantastic team at
@CentreProPolicy
from Monday
New report from our friends
@CentreforCities
showing a stark north-south divide in the number of people out of work due to sickness.
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How will a Labour government deliver fair, green, growth?
We're thrilled to announce that
@Ed_Miliband
will be our keynote speaker at this year’s Inclusive Growth Conference on 28 November in London.
Book now to join the conversation!
🎟️ 👈
#IGConf23
It has long been known that the UK suffers from high levels of regional inequality, but new CPP analysis by
@andynorman810
suggests that tackling inequality within regions may be an even greater challenge.
🌹Snap verdict on
@UKLabour
's manifesto:
✅Emphasis on growth in every part of the UK - as CPP has long argued - with detail on how devolution, childcare and industrial strategy will contribute.
❌Nowhere near enough ambition to meet the scale of the challenge facing our
🚨CPP's
#ReplenishingRoots
report is out now.
Factors like poverty, education & job quality can damage our health, but health policy does not sufficiently target them.
We set out how a new approach could disrupt the powerful social currents that pull people into ill health.🧵
"There have been recent welcome increases in Level 3 skills investment, but today’s report is a useful reminder that gaining qualifications works for people with low level skills as well."
@AoCDavidH
on our report highlighting the need to reduce place-based
#skills
#inequality
.
CPP’s new
#health
report shows that people who live in areas where the different bodies responsible for
#healthcare
are geographically misaligned are more likely to end up in
#hospital
and find it harder to be discharged if they do. Check out your area:
CPP finds 9 million people vulnerable to economic harm through a bad transition to
#netzero
and identified top 74 areas in GB at risk of economic disruption from the transition.
Findings 👉
#COP26
#climatechange
Thread 👇
Today
@ONS
launched its new quarterly Personal & Economic Well-being publication, bringing together timely data & analysis of household financial health, personal well-being & optimism about the future. I explain why this is important in my latest blog.
Everyone should be able to contribute to and benefit from economic growth. Tackling poverty and poor health is a crucial part of this. That's why we've joined forces with
@TheKingsFund
to look at how local systems can more effectively mitigate, reduce and prevent poverty.
Today in the
@NewStatesman
-
@AoCDavidH
"So if it was a Budget for the people, it was not for the people colleges want to help more. It was not facing up to the big labour market challenges which we would have without Brexit, but which will be amplified."
Growing Pains, CPP’s new report published yesterday, shows how a failing childcare system is impacting working mums across the country and calls for government to reclassify childcare as infrastructure.
📖 Full report here:
#ChildcareIsInfrastructure
Pat Richie, Chief Exec of Newcastle City Council talking about putting people at the heart of the future North of Tyne Combined Authority. Unashamedly about people. Building an economy that works for everyone across the area
#Inclusivegrowthconf
Our Research Analyst
@TanyaSingh199
breaks down our new analysis, which highlights the huge increase in demand for childcare expected during the next two years.
Read our latest briefing:
In some parts of England the proportion of people without any formal qualifications is as low as 1/40. In others it's more than 1/5.
CPP analysis by
@andynorman810
suggests that this disparity comes at the cost of hundreds of thousands of jobs.
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Happy International Women’s Day
Today, we are reflecting on our Women in the Labour Market Programme and the challenges that women continue to face in the world of work
#IWD2022
#BreakTheBias
#CPPresearch
: 🗣️ Rebecca Swindells
@Toffeeseagull
, owner of The Blue Door Nursery, urges the government to act on CPP’s recommendations ‘to improve services and employment opportunities, both of which would support the sector’s contribution to the wider economy’ 👇🏼
‘Inclusive growth means not just relying on an outdated idea that if you grow the economy, everyone benefits. You have to be very intentional about making sure people are supported.’
@MarvinJRees
on
@SkyNews
this morning, setting out
@IGN_tweets
' demands of new PM
@trussliz
.
Bristol Mayor, Marvin Rees says the government should implement "inclusive growth" as he calls for "urgent action" that engages with local governments to address the rising cost of living.
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
This month marks 50 years of GDP estimates by
@ONS
.
Headline GDP growth means little unless it enhances people’s living standards. To achieve this, we need inclusive growth.
Our Chief Executive
@calldritt
writes for
@NewStatesman
:
We were joined by Lord Jim O’Neill,
@bruce_katz
and
@realVickyPryce
to discuss how we can invest in
#inclusivegrowth
and explore innovative ways of financing and structuring approaches, at a local, national, global level. Read the summary
"As a society, we have a responsibility to go beyond the clapping, and to compensate
#keyworkers
fairly for their contribution"
@lauracgardiner
on the launch of CPP's paper calling for key workers to be better paid for their contribution to society.
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Today
@educationgovuk
launched the long-awaited Schools White Paper which claims to deliver on the levelling-up ambitions of the government
Unfortunately, the paper has been bulked with pre-announced policy and very little financial backing
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🚨 We are hiring 🚨
If you have a track record of developing media strategies and securing media coverage then apply to be our new Head of Press and Communications
Join a great team and help us advocate for inclusive growth across the whole country
CPP's
@FloRanft
speaking in Paris
@Strategie_Gouv
conference on 'Work in the Digital Age: Challenges of Fourth Industrial Revolution in Europe. Download book for free on our site
Our latest analysis in the
@Telegraph
highlights the cost of scrapping the right to flexible working.
Now is the worst possible time for the Government to back away from reforms to promote more flexibility.
Great to see
@carolinenokes
support our calls.
“Our costs aren’t higher than other European countries, our prices are higher because of the refusal to subsidize childcare as infrastructure.”
Naomi Eisenstadt, leading expert on children and family policy, shared her thoughts on the govt's childcare reform at our latest event.