Reports

Bridging the infrastructure gap

Infrastructure is a key element of the enabling environment to increase economic growth

Reports

Funding the infrastructure and affordable housing for the East West Corridor

Use rise in land value to build 150,000 new homes and invest £8bn in infrastructure

Blogs

26 February 2018

Opposition to Melrose’s bid for GKN is misdirected as wider corporate governance issues raised

John Dudding examines how the calls to prevent the takeover of GKN by Melrose are an inappropriate outlet for broader fears about corporate governance and regulation.

Press releases

Press release: Don't rely on universities to boost productivity or earnings, says new think tank

Every year over 92,000 graduates would have been better off choosing technical education rather than going to university, research from CPP concludes.

Reports

Skills Mismatch Methodology

The Centre for Progressive Policy has developed a skills mapping system with the capability to identify potential mismatches in technical skills in local areas.

Reports

The data deficit

Launching a new report into how a lack of information undermines the UK skills system

News

23 March 2018

Apolitical – The right skills: How to fight inequality with middle-income jobs

Apolitical refers in their article ‘The right skills: How to fight inequality with middle-income jobs’ to the Centre’s report on The Data Deficit

Blogs

9 April 2018

Inclusive growth undermined by chronic information failures in skills

As one in three employers struggles to fill technical vacancies due to skills shortages, and nearly 50% of graduates do not go onto graduate roles, have we reached peak university?

Working papers

Reforming the land market

A new analysis from the Centre for Progressive Policy shows that the government can reach its target of 300,000 additional homes by reforming the land market.

News

15 April 2018

The Sunday Times – Rewriting a 1960s law would take us past the annual target of new homes — without spending £44bn

The Sunday Times refers in its article ‘Rewriting a 1960s law would take us past the annual target of new homes — without spending £44bn’ to CPP's report: Reforming the land market

Press releases

Press Release: How reforming the land market can help deliver the government target of 300,000 new homes per year

A new analysis from the Centre for Progressive Policy shows that the government can reach its target of 300,000 additional homes by reforming the land market.

News

16 April 2018

LocalGov – Land compensation rules ‘barrier’ to development, think tank says

Local Gov refers in its article ‘Land compensation rules ‘barrier’ to development, think tank says‘ to the Centre’s report on Reforming the land market.

Blogs

3 May 2018

Op-ed: Reforming the land market can help deliver 300,000 homes per year

To achieve their own new housebuilding target of 300,000 net additional homes per year for England, the government needs to tackle three key issues related to the land market.

News

3 May 2018

The Guardian – Economics viewpoint: Want to resolve the UK’s housing crisis? Here’s how

Larry Elliott mentions our work on reforming the land market in his article ‘Want to resolve the UK’s housing crisis? Here’s how’

Blogs

21 May 2018

HE has a HESA – why can’t FE have a FESA?

A “data deficit” is responsible for the persistent failure of UK skills policy, explains our analyst Andy Norman who questions the absence of an FE statistics agency.

News

30 May 2018

The MJ – WMCA links ‘cranes to communities’ with new growth unit

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has created a new inclusive growth unit in a bid to boost opportunities for residents.

Blogs

31 May 2018

Why a reliance on skilled immigration puts the UK skills system at risk

A well-balanced, locally-driven skills system will equip UK workers for the future and make the most of skilled immigrants.

Press releases

Press release: England’s 32 cash-strapped ‘risk zones’

Researchers find higher rates of preventable deaths in areas where there is both poor health outcomes and hospitals are in financial trouble.

News

5 June 2018

Health Service Journal – Exclusive: NHS ‘risk zones’ suggest link between finance and mortality

The Health Service journal writes about CPP’s report ‘Diagnosis Critical‘: Launching an inquiry into health and social care in England’.

Reports

Diagnosis critical

Marking the launch of CPP’s health and social care programme, this report has identified two stark population inequalities which powerfully show why this work is needed.