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List of press Articles

  1. Comment on the creation of a Northern Powerhouse Institute

  2. Hinkley Point - better financing model needed if costs and delays not to be repeated - IPPR

    esponse to news that the UK government has approved construction of the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset

  3. Further proof of the crisis in children and young people's mental health

    PPR response to Childline stats

  4. ‘Costly mistake’ for government to respond to EU migration concerns by targeting international students - IPPR

    he Prime Minister has said there needs to be “some control” over freedom of movement from the EU, but a points-based system will not work for the UK. This indicates she is leaving open the possibility of a compromise with the EU on freedom…

  5. Government could be targeting phantom students in bid to reduce net migration – IPPR

    ew analysis shows Home Office restrictions may be aimed at forcing out international students who don’t exist, while also hitting university income and doing real damage to local economies

  6. IPPR response to TUC research on ill-health at work - expansion of Fit for Work needed to help those in smaller businesses

    esponse to new TUC analysis showing ill-health or disability is forcing one-in-eight people to stop working before they reach pension age.

  7. Being mean-spirited on citizenship could hit the NHS and cost UK plc

    PPR calls on new Home Secretary Amber Rudd to reform citizenship rules to stop a post-Brexit brain-drain harming the economy.

  8. May can’t take back control if she remains wedded to a blunt and ineffective net migration target – IPPR

    he Government can only meet public demands to ‘take back control’ of immigration if it ditches its counter-productive net migration target and adopts a strategic approach fit for our modern economy, IPPR warn today.

  9. Collapse in holiday work hitting young people’s chances in job market - IPPR

    ew analysis shows young people want to work and get the skills they need – but government, business, schools and universities need to do more to give them that chance

  10. New apprenticeship programme needs to go further to benefit young people - IPPR

    oung people lose out twice: over 25s get more places and many apprenticeships are poor quality

  11. Transport Secretary urged to close £1,600 per person London-North spending gap

  12. North East shaking off ‘low skills’ history