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ippr Director Nick Pearce responds to the Chancellor's Spending Review
esponding to the Chancellor's Spending Review, ippr Director Nick Pearce said: 'By cutting so far and so fast the Chancellor is putting the economic recovery at risk.'Job losses and weakened Northern economy will deepen North-South divide
ppr north's reaction to the October 2010 Spending Review.
Local investment, access to jobs and Big Society are key to improving deprived neighbourhoods in the North
A major new studyDoubling in long-term unemployment could jeopardise Coalition's flagship Work Programme
ew analysis from ippr shows that long-term unemployment has doubled in the last two years to 797,000, while the number of vacancies has fallen to 467,000. This 'jobs deficit' of 330,000 threatens the ability of the Government's flagship…Taxing Child Benefit is better way of making savings and reforming system
eorge Osborne's proposal to axe Child Benefit for every family where one parent earns above £44,000 a year is a crude cut and creates a 'cliff edge' that will hurt middle class families too much. Instead a better idea is to tax Child…
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…