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  1. Research reveals gaps between rhetoric and reality of Big Society plans

    he government's Big Society plans envisage a key role for social enterprises in delivering public services and supporting community action. But a new report by the leading think tank ippr north reveals an inconvenient truth for the new…

  2. IPPR North offers cautious welcome for regional growth fund and local enterprise

    ppr north, leading thinktank in the North of England, has offered a cautious welcome to the announcement by Nick Clegg of a Regional Growth Fund.

  3. ippr north director Ed Cox delivers speech on challenges and changing policies for the third sector

    d Cox was invited to be key-note speaker at the launch of the North West Together We Can Conference on 17 June 2010 in Manchester.

  4. ippr questions Osborne's claims that this was a progressive budget

    esponding to the Emergency Budget statement by the Chancellor George Osborne, ippr's co-director Carey Oppenheim said: "The Chancellor made welcome noises about how 'progressive' this budget was - but whether it is progressive or not will…

  5. Budget measures could hit poorest in the north, but white paper to tackle regional economic differences is welcome

    ppr north reacts to Chancellor George Osborne's Emergency Budget and welcome the announcement of a white paper this summer to look at the regional economic picture.

  6. Katie Schmuecker talks cuts on the Politics Show North East & Cumbria

    enior Research Fellow Katie Schmuecker was invited to share her thoughts on how public spending cuts will likely affact the North East with viewers of the Politics Show on Sunday 20 June.

  7. Income tax rises are a fairer way to tackle deficit reduction in the UK

    In a paper

  8. Easy' approach to delivering public services risks leaving poor in the cold

    A new report

  9. ippr north director Ed Cox delivers speech on the future for public services

    Ed Cox spoke on a panel entitled The Turning Point: Where next for public service? at the CIPFA Annual Conference in Harrogate.

  10. As spending cuts loom, the North can't just beg government for mercy

    he North needs to forge its own economic future, not beg the new government for mercy if it is to emerge from the economic crisis in a stronger position, says a new ippr north report.

  11. Real tests for relationship between Cameron government and devolved administrations lie ahead

    major new study of devolution by ippr published today argues that the new political and economic landscape in the UK presents major challenges to a devolved United Kingdom that have not been faced before.

  12. ippr attacks the decision to axe Child Trust Funds

    s part of its plans for £6.2 billion of spending cuts, the Government has announced that payments into Child Trust Funds will be axed from the end of this year. While most of the other savings announced by the Chancellor today, such as…