Press releases

List of press Articles

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. IPPR North welcomes Autumn Statement

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

    ompetition attracts innovative set of infrastructure ideas
  5. 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
  6. Postgrad student loans affordable

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

    out of 10 homes not accessible for older people
  8. 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
  9. Women needed to fill UK's graduate level engineers gap

    omen make up 42% of UK workforce but only 7% of professional engineering workforce
  10. Half of people with long-term conditions asked say 'named contact' could cut GP visits

    eople with long-term conditions account for half of all GP appointments
  11. Eight out of ten people used charities in the last year

    ore than one in ten use charitable services at least once a week
  12. England needs 'devo-more' no matter how Scotland votes

    apos;Boris for the North' & 'Salmond for the South' is future for English devolution