Press releases

List of press Articles

  1. New targeted jobs help for young people in unemployment 'hotspots' welcome

    esponding to the announcements made today (Wednesday 27 June) that the government plans to offer a wage subsidy to employers to take on young people who have been unemployed for six months rather than nine in unemployment 'hotspots' Ed…
  2. Think tank warns local growth constrained by piecemeal strategies

    n the day of the publication of the Local Government Association Green Paper on Local Growth, (Wednesday 27 June) think tank IPPR North is calling for greater co-ordination of economic development powers at the local level in order for a…
  3. Don't cap Housing Benefit, devolve it

    ecentralised 'Affordable Housing Grants' would get Britain building again
  4. Headline unemployment down but long-term unemployment still rising

    orth East & North West continue to suffer rising unemployment
  5. Child poverty stats reaction

    It's wrong to think that relative child poverty was cut simply because median incomes fell during the recession
  6. Hiring freeze leaves young Northerners out in the cold

    ow business confidence and a lack of hiring in the North of England will lead to a sharp rise in youth unemployment this summer as young people leave school and university and begin to look for work, a new report by think tank IPPR North…
  7. Police should use new & social media to update crime victims

    Think tanks urges police to roll out 'TrackMyCrime'
  8. Europe needs to do more to support low carbon growth, says business

    Businesses across Europe say that governments need to send clearer signals to support low carbon growth and increasingly feel there is a 'disconnect' between government ambition and policies to support such growth, according to two new…
  9. No progress made on Govt net migration target

    Record high level of 250,000 remains
  10. Double-dip deeper than first feared

    Too late for contingency planning - it is time for action
  11. More than three quarters of public want strict regulation of the press

    New polling shows public want tighter limits on media ownership
  12. Energy Bill measure will not reduce carbon

    Carbon price floor could waste as much as £1bn