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Beer tie 'causing hardship' for many publicans
Pubs need free market reform to save publicans from 'beer tie'
he 'beer tie' operated by large pub companies is causing financial struggles for thousands of pubs, according to new research published today (Monday) by think tank IPPR. The report says that pubs are closing at a rate of 25 a week and…400,000 people out of work for more than 2 years may never work again
PPR analysis indicates that 100,000 older workers aged 50+ who lost their jobs at the start of the recession are now at risk of being forced to retire earlier - with a lower pension - than they planned.Immigration stable
esponding to today's figures on immigration, Matt Cavanagh, IPPR Associate Director, said:
Biggest rise in NEET young people since records began
esponding to today's figures for the number of young people Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET), IPPR analysis shows the rise over the last year is the biggest rise since records began in the year 2000.UK's export-led recovery faltering
UK's trade with Belgium and Luxembourg double that with China
Women hit hardest in unemployment stats
esponding to today's unemployment figures, the Chief Economist at IPPR says "women have been hit hardest and have suffered disproportionately badly in this latest rise of unemployment".One million women unemployed, a quarter unemployed long-term
ore than one in four women unemployed in the UK have been out of work for more than a year, according to analysis of official statistics by thinktank IPPR. Latest figures reveal that more than 260,000 women have been unemployed for over 12…Replacing prison sentences of six months or less with community sentences would save taxpayers £50 million a year
ommunity-based alternatives to prison should be used to punish the majority of people convicted of minor offences, according to a new report published by IPPR.National Salary Insurance' could protect a million workers a year
PPR proposes a radical plan to treble income for redundant workers on a 'cash-back' basis.UK recovery half OBR's original prediction
esponding to the latest GDP figures of economic growth (0.2%), IPPR says the UK economic recovery is "anaemic" and is calling on the Chancellor to enact "Plan B for deficit reduction".North needs new powers to close widening North/South divide
he North risks being left further behind as the drivers of economic growth are concentrated in the South according to new analysis by IPPR North. The situation is made worse by new economic powers being devolved to London and Scotland.