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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · 2d

📢 We are in Aberdeen this weekend at the SNP conference, hosting three fringe events. A conference pass is required to attend the events. Hope to see you there. Details below ⤵️

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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · 2d

"The forthcoming climate plan must be built on sound financial and democratic pillars. That means a clear role for taxes, so we share transition costs fairly rather than leaving individuals to do it alone." - @davehawkey.bsky.social responds to today's climate targets www.ippr.org/media-office...

IPPR Scotland responds to the Scottish government’s new climate targets | IPPR

IPPR Scotland welcomes the new climate targets agreed by the Scottish government today. Dave Hawkey, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR Scotland said: “In the w

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · Jul 11

Equalising capital gains with income tax is fair, sensible, & could raise £14bn a year.

It was famously 'pro-growth' Tory chancellor Nigel Lawson who equalised CGT with IT in the first place - and our analysis shows millionaires wouldn’t flee.

inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Mansions, income or inheritance? Reeves's options for a wealth tax

Labour has a new fiscal blackhole and the clamour for the Chancellor to fill it by hitting Britain's most prosperous residents is growing

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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · Jun 11

🎯The broad settlement for Scotland in today's Spending Review is welcome but not enough to meet its fiscal challenges.

👀All eyes should now be on the upcoming industrial strategy.

@stephenboydippr.bsky.social reacts ⤵️

Full statement on our website: www.ippr.org/media-office...

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Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Climate Change Plan, due later this year, will be a litmus test as to whether the parties are willing to step up to solving these defining issues of our generation.

Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · Jun 10

What’s the programme to upgrade the heating of our homes so we stay warm as the gas grid is shut down? What does our food system look like as we give over more of our land to trees and less to sheep and cows? How will we make sure net zero narrows inequalities and doesn’t drive us further apart?

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Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · Jun 10

We need concrete plans for how we are going to get to net zero safely and fairly: climate missions that set clear objectives and coordinate delivery.

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Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · Jun 10

Voters have seen this failure and want more ambitious action. www.ippr.org/articles/pol...

Political leaders in Scotland must be bold on climate and tax | IPPR

In every Scottish constituency (and all but two constituencies in England and Wales), more voters think government policy on net zero should be going fur

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Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · Jun 10

The parliament’s recognition of a climate emergency in 2019 was not matched by a step change in policy. Instead, timid piecemeal initiatives crowded out more ambitious ideas.

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Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · Jun 10

Today’s emission figures are disappointing but hardly surprising. Stalled progress on climate is rooted in inadequate political leadership. www.gov.scot/news/scottis...

Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2023

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.

www.gov.scot

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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · Jun 10

🌡️Stalled progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions raises urgent questions about how Scotland meets its targets for net zero.

🎯Action is needed now, and the upcoming Climate Change Plan will be the litmus test for meeting the moment.

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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · Jun 6

🗳️Voters in Hamilton have shown they want to a fairer, greener future, but can Scottish politicians afford to be complacent? Certainly not.

✅2026 cannot be a contest mired in negativity but a battle for the high ground.

@stephenboydippr.bsky.social

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Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · May 27

The number of people putting immigration as one of their top three concerns has increased, but it sits in the middle of the pack with many others and represents a minority (16%) of people. Half of people taking the survey are worried about health and the NHS.

Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · May 27

Even "immigration ranked as *a* top concern" would have been over egging it a bit. Health/NHS and cost of living far and away more significant

understanding-scotland.co.uk/report/under...

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Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · May 27

This is a wildly misleading headline on @hannahmargbrown.bsky.social story today

"Immigration ranked as top concern for Scots, new report reveals"

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2519162...

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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · May 21

⚠️The CCC published expert advice on how the Scottish government can tackle the climate crisis.

📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social spoke to @laurapiper.bsky.social of STV to elucidate further: "What we need now is a policy package that can step up to deliver [the simple things recommended by the CCC]."

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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · May 21

⚠️It is time to focus on adopting “climate missions”: coherent plans to coordinate change that everyone eventually will be a part of.

We respond to the Climate Change Committee's advice published today⤵️

@davehawkey.bsky.social

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Sam Alvis @samalvis.bsky.social · May 1

Thanks @prospectmagazine.co.uk @aloner.bsky.social who let me write about Tony Blair's recent tribute act to the TB-GBs of New Labour, with some more serious consideration of where his NZ antipathy comes and the new politics if climate

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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...

Tony Blair’s ideas for net zero are expensive and unpopular

The former PM’s clumsy climate intervention exposes the new political contest over the environment

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · Apr 2

🚗 | NEW REPORT: Around 25,000 car manufacturing jobs in the UK are at risk if Trump announces new tariffs today. But as one door closes another one opens. There is huge untapped potential in building & selling green planes, trains and automobiles.

Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/pla...

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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · Mar 31

"The political debate is lopsided, focusing on electricity while ignoring our dependence on gas for heating. This is an amazing omission given gas makes up half of a typical Scottish energy bill." @davehawkey.bsky.social tells @alexofbrown.bsky.social @scotsman.com
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Poll: Scots do not trust either SNP or Labour to fix soaring energy bills

Bills will rise on April 1 - and new polling has revealed Scots do not trust either the SNP or Scottish Labour to stop the trend

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Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · Mar 27

No child deserves to live in poverty, yet today's figures highlight the work still to be done to eradicate child poverty.

Tweaking the system isn’t enough - ending child poverty requires a clearer debate about our shared prosperity and how costs are distributed.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scotland misses interim child poverty targets

Child poverty figures are down, but they fall short of the Scottish government's interim target.

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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · Mar 27

🚨 New child poverty figures out today paint a stark picture - 22% of children in Scotland are trapped in poverty

➡️ While lower than the UK’s 31% rate, this still falls short of the 18% interim target. Urgent action is needed

Our response ⤵️

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Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social · Mar 26

IPPR Scotland response:

The government should think very carefully about how these costs are shared across society. Benefits and services can’t always be expected to take the strain. It is only fair and reasonable for taxation to play a much more prominent role.

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IPPR Scotland responds to UK government’s spring statement | IPPR

Stephen Boyd, director of IPPR Scotland, said:“The Chancellor is correct in saying that the world has changed. Fiscal challenges are only likely to intensi

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IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · Mar 24

Child poverty isn’t inevitable. We can turn the tide and give every child in Scotland the chance to thrive 👩‍👦

Social security is key. When wages work together with strong social security, the impact is powerful. Senior Research Fellow @davehawkey.bsky.social explains 👇

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Stephen Boyd @stephenboydippr.bsky.social · Mar 24

Today @ipprscotland.bsky.social publishes new analysis showing that by 2030 child poverty in Scotland will be:

- well below the rest of the UK due to devolved policies
- more than twice as high as the Scottish Government's current target

@davehawkey.bsky.social

www.ippr.org/articles/ach...

Achieving the 2030 child poverty target: The distance left to travel | IPPR

While 2023 will be the first year we see the full impact of the 'game changing' Scottish Child Payment, there is widespread pessimism that the target will

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