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  1. More apprenticeships needed to tackle youth unemployment

    head of unemployment figures expected to show youth unemployment topping 1 million, new research from the think tank IPPR shows that Government apprenticeship schemes are not helping enough young people out of unemployment.?

  2. Government to investigate UK banks' discrimination against women

    K banks are discriminating against women, according to a paper by Professor Noreena Hertz, published by the think tank IPPR today.

  3. Londoners confident of future economic prospects but Northerners despair as public sector job cuts bite

    21,000 public sector jobs cut in the North, while South gains 32,000 more public sector jobs

  4. Jobs recession inevitable

    UK slowdown not due to Eurozone crisis

  5. Recession could last six years

    Growth figures will show slowest recovery in history

  6. Junior ISAs questioned

    Scrapping Child Trust Funds could make savings gap worse for squeezed savers

  7. Housing Strategy must find ways to fund 250,000 new homes a year

    PPR says that without the cooperation of local councils, the Government's housing strategy will fail.

  8. UK needs 'automotive innovation strategy' for step-change in green cars

    ew analysis shows HMT's fuel duty take will halve by 2030, costing £10bn

  9. Young people and women hit hardest by jobs crisis

    oday's unemployment figures show that young people and women are being hit hardest by Britain's jobs crisis, with the highest numbers out of work for a generation.

  10. Million older people suffering social isolation and loneliness

    100,000 in London by 2026 at risk

  11. New poll shows Labour has biggest pool of potential voters, but electoral mountain still to climb

    f all three parties, lowest proportion of voters say they would 'never' vote Labour

  12. Government urged to insulate homes before funding new heat technologies

    new report by the think tank IPPR argues that government should prioritise making Britain's homes warmer over using tax payers' money to encourage the use of renewable heat technologies, which only wealthier people can currently afford to…