Press releases

List of press Articles

  1. Unemployment hits women, public sector & the North

    hink tanks calls for infrastructure spend to boost northern economy
  2. Chancellor urged to copy Obama middle class stimulus in Budget

    S economist calls for cut in NI for the middle class & tax on £2m mansions
  3. North of England experiencing a 'jobs double dip'

    hink tank urges focus on Northern economic potential for full UK recovery
  4. Eight out of ten married women do more housework than their husbands

    ax relief for cleaners and nannies would entrench gender injustice for middle earners
  5. Up to thirty-five job seekers chasing every vacancy in struggling pockets of the UK

    Think tank calls for a job guarantee in worst affected areas
  6. Families pay £330 more than their neighbours to use the same amount of energy

    Regulator Ofgem must get tougher on anti-competitive practices in the energy market
  7. Net migration remains at a record high level of 250,000

    No progress made on Govt target
  8. Highest fourth quarter figure for NEET young people since records began

    Responding to today's figures for the number of young people Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET), IPPR analysis shows the that 2011 was the worst year since records began in 2000.
  9. Learning to work with universities

    he newly formed Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are in the process of establishing themselves as vehicles for facilitating local economic development and growth. But with little funding to speak of from central government the job…
  10. UK public want EU to focus on terror, climate change, poverty & immigration

    Voters say their voice doesn't count but want closer co-operation
  11. Unemployment up eight times in a row to new record high

    ? Women make up two thirds of latest rise
  12. Three years of '2 million plus' unemployment with worse to come

    Think tank calls for 'job guarantee' for long-term jobless