The UK must stand firm on regulating big tech by strengthening the hand of the Competition and Markets Authority and refocusing its activities to protect consumers and promote competition, according to the think tank IPPR.

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/legislation-regulation/uk-should-strengthen-regulator-in-the-face-of-big-tech-pressure-argues-ippr

#technews #ippr #cma #uk #bigtech #ukpol #apple #google #appstore

UK must strengthen regulation in the face of big tech pressure, argues IPPR

The UK must stand firm on regulating big tech by strengthening the hand of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and refocusing its activities, according ...

Künstliche Intelligenz verändert Büroarbeitsplätze: IPPR-Report enthüllt tiefgreifende Veränderungen und dringenden Handlungsbedarf

#ai #ki #artificialintelligence #kuenstlicheintelligenz #büroarbeit #arbeitswelt #zukunftderarbeit #ippr

https://kinews24.de/kuenstliche-intelligenz-veraendert-bueroarbeitsplaetze/

Büroarbeitsplätze verändern sich mit Künstlicher Intelligenz

Künstliche Intelligenz verändert Büroarbeitsplätze: IPPR-Report zeigt, wie KI Büroarbeitsplätze verändert. Chancen nutzen, Risiken minimieren & Job zukunftssicher machen!

KINEWS24.de

Is it just me or is the world going mad?

The #IPPR have just released a major report on ill health and its effects on the economy. They acknowledge that things have got much worse since #covid19 came along.

Hell, they even show this graph:

And they make some broadly sensible recommendations, but absolutely none of them is about mitigating the risks of covid.

Recommendations for free vaccines? Nope. Better air quality? Nope. Masking in healthcare settings? Also nope.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/uk-ill-health-economic-growth-ippr

Tackling UK ill health is vital to economic growth, says IPPR

Government must invest £15bn a year on a changes to improve wellbeing and prosperity, says thinktank

The Guardian

"The term the ‘sick man of Europe’ is often used to describe countries going through severe economic turmoil or social unrest. In Britain today, it has become a more literal reality.
We lag our peers on health outcomes, the number of people with a long-term condition is rising, and people are spending longer proportions of their lives in poor health.”
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) report on Britain's health

#Health #Economy #IPPR #UKPolitics #Covid19

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/uk-ill-health-economic-growth-ippr?CMP=firstedition_email

Tackling UK ill health is vital to economic growth, says IPPR

Government must invest £15bn a year on a changes to improve wellbeing and prosperity, says thinktank

The Guardian

Wealthy white men from rural areas are the UK’s biggest emitters of climate-heating gases from transport, according to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
The richest 0.1% in Britain emit 22 times more from transport than low earners & 12 times more than average. Income is directly linked to levels of mobility.
In the UK, transport is now the largest source of emissions.

#Transport #Emissions #Pollution #UKPolitics #Environment #Inequality #IPPR

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/29/wealthy-white-men-uk-biggest-transport-polluters

Wealthy white men are UK’s biggest transport polluters, study finds

IPPR research examines transport emissions by income, gender, location, ethnicity and age

The Guardian
MSN

People in North of England 'Live Shorter, Sicker, Poorer Lives Simply Because of Where They Were Born' – Byline Times

A new report has found it will take 55 years for those living in the north-east to have the same healthy life expectancy now enjoyed in London and the south-east of England

Byline Times
Sunak’s asylum laws trapping 55,000 people in ‘perma-backlog’, says UK thinktank

IPPR report says Illegal Migration Act risks indefinite detention at taxpayer expense of people who cannot have their claims processed

The Guardian
MSN

Carsten Jung from #IPPR calls for more investment to fund the clean energy transition.
So far so good.
But he then defends it because it will create more economic growth.
He's either been asleep or is a bad economist.
#GDP growth a) is not needed to defend sound investment.b) it makes climate mitigation more not less difficult.

"Instead of arguing over such red herrings, Labour and the Conservatives should be debating how such investment should be spent.." Yes.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/08/britain-investment-spending-green-projects-keir-starmer

Britain is crying out for more investment. Here’s why Labour shouldn’t worry about spending big

Investing in projects such as green schemes could boost growth and make public finances more sustainable. In other words, it’s a no-brainer, says economist Carsten Jung

The Guardian