The public care about public transport, way more than public debate seems to give credit for

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Great to see IPPR research on public transport and car use covered in the The Independent

Our polling in collab with More in Common makes it clear why UK govt must stop treating transport as part of a culture war & deliver on people's priorities

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Our series of panels with The Mirror will shine a light on Labour's plans for office. Angela Rayner 🌹 joined Jason Beattie Luke Murphy & Melanie Leech to discuss how Labour will get to grips with the challenge of building more homes. Thanks to British Property Federation & all our panellists

Looking forward to chairing this tomorrow

There's no 'town vs country' divide over support for greater access to nature.

New poll shows 68% of people in rural areas support a 'right of responsible access to the rest of the countryside in England' - exact same % as for city dwellers.

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‘To effect real change, we must substantially increase housing supply’ - Luke Murphy of @ippr in City A.M. cityam.com/debate-new-tow…

Really pleased to be launching these essays today on Labour's Green Prosperity Plan and the benefits it will bring to the UK.

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Looking forward to reading this

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Pleased to contribute to City A.M. debate on whether we shld build more new towns

Wish I cld have read Samuel Watling’s piece beforehand - not sure I disagree, depends what you mean by “new towns” & I wld defo inc city extensions & close commuter towns!

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As a kid I was obsessed with writing to my favourite writers. Only a few of them wrote back.

#benjaminzephaniah

Thanks Carys Roberts really looking to working with you & the team IPPR on an exciting & progressive agenda Matthew McGregor Dr Jahangir (Jingy) Alom BEM

Delighted to see our amazing advisory group highlighted in Politico. An energetic group looking forward, not back.

Now to get on with the work of ensuring high environmental ambition remains at the heart of the labour movement over the next year.

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And that's a wrap 🎬

Team IPPR are heading back to their offices around the UK after a fantastic #LabourConference23

Thanks to everyone who joined us for such great discussions!

IPPR's What Does It Take to Be the First Green Treasury? An engaging debate featuring Pilita Clark, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP, Tanya Steele, Nick Molho and Luke Murphy.

A particular focus was given to the trade-off between investing in green initiatives and sectors and having a clear,

Fascinating discussion on ‘What does it take to be the first green treasury?’ at #LabourConference2023

As put by Luke Murphy of IPPR: “Unless the treasury is green, the rest of the government isn’t going to be.”

A further change in the politics of new grid connections. While the Tories have effectively accepted the case for large-scale central planning of new pylons, they've said markedly less about the industrial strategy attached to such a central plan. /1

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