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Nick Pearce
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Follow Nick on TwitterNick Pearce is the Director of IPPR, having rejoined the institute in 2010 after serving as Head of the Policy Unit at No 10. An author and regular commentator on public policy in broadcast and print media, Nick writes on a wide range of issues, from social justice, public service reform and identity politics to the future of social democracy.
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My colleague Clare McNeil wrote a piece last week setting out the case for ending all-male panels. It’s clear and compelling; if you haven’t already read it, please do.
Is it possible to be family-friendly but unfriendly to women? Tomorrow, Nick Clegg will announce that the right to request flexible working will be extended to all employees, as signalled in the Queen’s speech earlier this year. This is good … Continue reading
At IPPR we’re proud to be an accredited living wage employer. Back in 2005, one of our members of staff got involved with the London Citizens campaign for a living wage and lobbied for IPPR to sign up, which we … Continue reading
Last year I was approached by a Radio 4 producer to contribute some thoughts to a piece he was putting together on the rise of zombie motifs in contemporary popular culture. Could deeper socioeconomic trends explain this phenomenon, he asked?
For many years, admiration for the Swedish economic and social model was a preserve of the British left. That started to change in 2006, when the centre-right Moderate party took power in Sweden under the youthful and dynamic leadership of … Continue reading
In his speech to the Conservative party conference, chancellor George Osborne has said that it is fanciful to believe that the ‘wallets of the rich’ can bear the burden of fiscal consolidation alone. But he has also said that the … Continue reading
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Some interesting new research [PDF] has been published by the US Congressional Research Service on the impact of changes to the top rate of tax and economic growth.
In the US, the bursting of the property bubble forced millions of homeowners into arrears, negative equity and foreclosure, dragging down consumer confidence and spending power in the process. The Obama administration responded with measures to help over a million … Continue reading
Thursday morning sees the annual publication of the child poverty statistics. This year’s set of statistics is especially important because it covers the year 2010/11, so it enables us to come to a final judgment on the Labour government’s record … Continue reading
Although I would’ve written a very different Queen’s speech to the one Her Majesty delivered today (see my alternative speech for the Staggers blog), I was pleased to see that IPPR recommendations from 2007 on flexible working and parental leave … Continue reading
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