Essays

Mobilising private pension wealth for economic renewal

This paper focuses on the role of private pension capital in supporting economic and social renewal.

News

15 October 2020

CPP's paper discussed at a session of The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF

Session focused on policy reforms supporting private sector investment for green and inclusive growth highlights the role of private pension capital.

Events

21 October 2020

Role of business for inclusive recovery  

The event brings together key businesses, policy makers and academics to jointly address some of the key insights from CPP’s latest report 'The business of belonging'.

Reports

The business of belonging

To ‘level up’ society, and support businesses to invest more in the economic, social and environmental fabric of places, CPP calls for bold national reforms by the government.

Press releases

Press Release: Reform law to enshrine businesses’ responsibilities to their communities

CPP publishes a new report which seeks to capitalise on the goodwill shown by businesses for communities during the crisis, redefining the role of business within place.

Blogs

21 October 2020

Employer Skills Survey: what you need to know

Andy Norman writes for tes and sets out the three key findings he has drawn from the DfE's 2019 survey results.

Working papers

From precarious to prosperous

To prevent extreme insecurity, in-work poverty and exploitation arising from this pandemic, CPP's latest report is calling for urgent legal reform to the labour market.

Press releases

Press Release: Urgent legal reform required to avoid worker exploitation during second wave of Covid

To prevent extreme insecurity, in-work poverty and exploitation arising out of the end of furlough, a new report from CPP is calling for urgent legal reform to the labour market.

News

27 October 2020

The Guardian writes about CPP's latest report on providing safeguards against exploitation of workers

The Guardian writes about CPP's latest report and highlights the need to provide better safeguards against the exploitation of workers due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Blogs

28 October 2020

Give local leaders a ‘levelling up’ role

CPP Director Charlotte Alldritt and Head of Policy and Engagement, Zoë Billingham write for the MJ and argue that inequality within regions is rife across the UK.

Events

18 November 2020

In lieu of a Spending Review? Levelling up in the long run

Social infrastructure will be crucial to creating a fairer society where everyone can contribute to and benefit from economic growth, but how do we get there? Watch the debate.

Events

9 December 2020

Building global Britain

Join the debate and discuss what role our cities and regions can play in building the new global Britain.

Blogs

17 November 2020

A chance to show long term vision on levelling up

This year’s spending round must focus on supporting places to managing the virus while signalling the longer-term strategy for building resilience into recovery.

Blogs

25 November 2020

CPP response to changes to the Green Book

We welcome the changes announced to the Green Book. However, the Green Book does not make decisions - it is down to ministers to make the decisions that prioritise levelling up.

Blogs

26 November 2020

An underwhelming spending review that posed more questions than answers

Charlotte Alldritt, Director CPP gives her analysis on the 2020 spending review.

Blogs

2 December 2020

Apprenticeships: a vaccine won’t be a panacea

Policymakers shouldn’t expect the resumption of 'normal life' to solve the apprenticeship system’s underlying shortcomings, writes Andy Norman for tes.

Blogs

7 December 2020

Public spending in the wake of the pandemic should prioritise recovery, resilience and levelling up

Rosie Stock Jones writes for PSE magazine on public spending in the wake of the pandemic.

Reports

The levelling up outlook #2

CPP's second quarterly levelling up outlook focusses on the green economy and the extent to which it can be the engine for job creation.

Reports

A gear change for growth

This paper argues that locally led industrial policy should be central to the levelling up agenda.

Press releases

Press Release: Invest in ‘British BRICS’ to level up UK

A new report from the Centre for Progressive Policy suggests the UK faces a jobs crisis as bad as the 1980s when furlough ends in April.