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Local Enterprise Partnerships - we have to get this right
ith cuts looming, private sector growth is more vital than ever but regional economic growth could be hamstrung for another generation if LEPs don't deliver.
Financial crisis leaves more than 200 million people living on less than US$2 a day
As world leaders meet for the UN Millennium Development Goals Summit in New York, a new report
Welfare-to-work programme is a road block in Cameron's devolution drive
new report by ippr shows that despite promising to devolve power, the Coalition government's flagship welfare-to-work programme does nothing to change one of the most highly centralised welfare systems in the world.Ed Cox on BBC 'Spending Review: The Look North Debate'
ast week, ippr north Director Ed Cox took part in a panel discussion on BBC One in the North East and Cumbria called 'Spending Review: The Look North Debate'. The programme aimed to look at how spending cuts are affecting people's lives…
New ippr analysis reveals rising incidence of working poverty
In-work poverty in the recessionRenewables to renew British communities? £115 million potential to boost local life
enewable energy has the power to revitalise neighbourhoods across Britain, with community buildings such as village halls, churches and pubs sitting on a potential £115 million pot of energy cash. Research carried out by ippr for the…Four Tests for Local Enterprise Partnerships
oday ministers and officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will receive proposals from partnerships between businesses and local authorities to form Local Enterprise Partnerships. These new bodies will be in the…Prospect of becoming NEET rises by 40 per cent for those with A-levels
s young people worry about their A Level results, new statistics show that no matter what their grades, they will face a tough year.ippr issues warnings for the next stage of welfare-to-work reform
atest unemployment statistics show the economic recovery continues to be sluggish: today's figures show 2.46 million people are unemployed, with an additional 1.5 million unable to find a permanent or full-time job.
Government looks into unpaid internships following IPPR report
Following the release of a new report
Government consultation on welfare reform includes IPPR idea of Single Working Age Benefit
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, has made simplifying the benefit system and making work pay a key plank of his department's mission over the next few years. ippr's idea of a Single Working Age Benefit is…Social housing swap scheme and 'right-to-move' policies will leave poor Northern communities behind
velyn Tehrani, Research Fellow at ippr north, reacts to Grant Shapps' plans for social housing swapping scheme.