IPA Articles

Following the recession of 2008, and a long period of stagnation, the United Kingdom economy has finally returned to growth and is outpacing most of our European neighbours. However, despite this modest growth and a strong jobs recovery, there is growing concern over...

Staying competitive and profitable as the global race powers ahead with new entrants joining daily is the number one survival priority for British businesses and companies, just as providing better public services in the face of massive spending restraints is for...

The labour movement today faces some significant challenges. In 1979, more than 13 million people belonged to a union – over half of the workforce. Today that figure is just 6.5 million or one in four workers. Just 14 per cent of private sector workers are in a union,...

Working people today are struggling. Families have suffered during the longest economic crisis in living memory. They’ve been battered by the ravages of austerity. Living standards have faced an unprecedented squeeze – wages have fallen behind inflation for 37 out of...