Institute for the study of public policy, UK

About us

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a registered charity and the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think tank.

Our charitable purpose is to:

Promote research into (and the publication of the useful results thereof) and the education of the public in the economic, social and political sciences and in science and technology, the voluntary sector and social enterprise, public services, and industry and commerce
Advance the voluntary sector and the efficiency of public services which serve (or further) a charitable purpose
Advance physical and mental health 
Relieve poverty, unemployment, or those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage
Advance environmental protection or improvement and sustainable development
Advance the arts, culture, heritage or science
Advance such other exclusively charitable purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion determine.
IPPR engages with the public, with opinion formers, and policymakers and politicians of all parties and none.