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Lack of growth highlights need for a 'Plan B' in the Budget
Revised figures on growth published today should lead the Chancellor George Osborne to make his forthcoming Budget a budget for growth, according to a new collection of essays
Uncertain data puts a question mark over government plans to cut foreign student numbers
New statistics released today show that net migration continued to rise in the year to June 2010. It appears that a continuing boom in the number of foreign students coming to the UK may be one of the factors which explain the increase.…
Pursuit of artificial immigration targets will cause real damage to UK universities and colleges
Tens of thousands of genuine international students are at risk of being turned away from British universities and colleges, costing the UK billions of pounds, in pursuit of an artificial target for cutting immigration. That is the…
It's fairer up North but inequality is rising
new report by ippr north has found that the gap between the rich and poor is narrower in the North than in the rest of the UK, but the gap is growing as pay for people at the top increases faster than at the bottom.Latest figures show alarming rise in the number of people giving up the search for work
he latest unemployment figures reveal that almost 100,000 people gave up looking for work during the last three months of 2010, according to analysis by ippr.
Northern Lights list reveals 50 'ones to watch' in the North of England
n the run up to awards season, ippr north reveals 50 of the brightest and most talented people in the North of England from the worlds of business, academia, public service, politics, culture, the arts and social and community action.ippr warns of possible double dip in employment as cuts begin to bite
ppr argues that employment figures out today will represent a real test of the government's economic strategy. Reducing the deficit by making substantial cuts in public spending and increasing taxes has been justified by the government as…
Raising interest rates to tackle higher inflation would damage economic recovery
nflation figures out today are expected to show that consumer price inflation is still more than 1 percentage point above the government's 2 per cent target rate. Higher food, petrol and energy prices are likely to push inflation up to…New school league tables will push funding away from poorest pupils
ew school league tables will divert resources away from the poorest pupils, according to ippr.First Past the Post is a "broken voting system"
he system for electing Westminster MPs is 'broken' and is likely to produce increasingly undemocratic results in the future, according to a new report from ippr.Significant drop in net migration to the UK in 2010 unlikely
A new briefing on migration trendsReplace Inheritance Tax with a new tax on high value gifts
Inheritance Tax should be abolished and replaced with a new tax on gifts to individuals over £150,000, according to a new report from ippr