Press releases

List of press Articles

  1. UK's 'self-employment led recovery' is start of the 'new normal'

    ise in self-employed workers unlikely to be temporary phenomenon
  2. 2015 could be the year the world finally agrees a historic climate deal

    N Climate Change Conference is best opportunity yet for world leaders
  3. Freeze, don't squeeze in 2015: hold interest rates to protect hard pressed households

    ith spending cuts locked in, Bank urged to keep interest rates down
  4. Give councils more power to tax empty homes to tackle housing crisis

    alf a million homes empty and over 200,000 empty for over 6 months
  5. UK employers missing out on talent because of inflexible jobs

    uarter of working women don't have flexibility to take a couple of hours off at short notice
  6. IPPR North welcomes Autumn Statement

    orthern think tank calls for more devolution & help on housing
  7. Great North Plans' to transform the Northern economy unveiled

    ompetition attracts innovative set of infrastructure ideas
  8. North contributes more to economy than devolved nations, but is growing slower

    s IPPR North marks its 10th birthday it says the North of England needs new powers to grow
  9. Postgrad student loans affordable

  10. England's housing not keep pacing with aging population

    out of 10 homes not accessible for older people
  11. Majority of Britons feeling 'left behind' by politics not just Britain's white working class

    ew polling shows the difference in attitudes across social groups is relatively narrow
  12. Women needed to fill UK's graduate level engineers gap

    omen make up 42% of UK workforce but only 7% of professional engineering workforce