Good news that public landowners will be setting out how they are meeting nature restoration targets!

@ippr.org previously called on public landowners to play a greater role in contributing to 30x30 and Environment Act targets - this is a move in the right direction

www.ippr.org/articles/dri...

Progress in tackling economic inactivity has stalled. The UK has a long-standing problem of too many people being unable to access work. People with long-term illnesses are particularly affected and youth inactivity is now a growing problem.

Pay growth is slowing and private sector pay growth fell to its lowest level since October 2020. With inflation flat and growth sluggish, the Bank should cut rates to support the labour market and wider economy.

Business hiring is settling to more "normal" levels after the sharp jump in demand post-Covid. As demand settles, the effects are showing up in the falling employment and rising unemployment rates. Policy decisions are also important, but we shouldn't miss this wider context.

This is a really welcome development - IPPR called for land to be included in the government's plans for a Community Right to Buy, to facilitate more community ownership of environmental assets at a time when nature is in managed decline

See our full report here: www.ippr.org/articles/dri...

Looking at sector-specific plans, the Energy Secretary’s commitment to create “a new generation of good, industrial jobs with strong trade union representation” is particularly welcome

Who is able to access these jobs matters. Geography – where new jobs are located – is part of the story

Some areas of the UK (eg the South East) already have a strong share of good-quality jobs. The aim should be to create high-quality work that is more fairly distributed across the UK

Ministers have focused the strategy on eight sectors – the IS-8 – which have “the greatest potential to raise national levels of investment and productivity”

By raising labour demand in these sectors, the industrial strategy is likely to create more good-quality jobs

The government published its industrial strategy today. How is it likely to affect the labour market?

Ministers are focused on securing higher business investment in high-productivity sectors. At a basic level, higher investment means greater demand for labour, and therefore more jobs

The Telegraph are right on cue!

To ensure that GBE creates high-quality jobs, we recommend that government should aspire for the company to become a model employer

Involving workers and their representatives in the governance of the company will be crucial to this