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Working Party on the Future of Small Grants and Micro-Finance
Project Current
Small voluntary and community sector organisations are the life blood of a thriving civil society.  Their work in advocacy, campaigning and service delivery helps to weave the social fabric of our...
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02 Feb 2012
Borderland: Economic opportunities and challenges for the North of England resulting from Scotland’s changing relationship with the Union
Project Current
This project will explore the economic relationship between the North of England and Scotland, against the backdrop of Scotland’s changing relationship with the Union.  It will consider the...
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02 Feb 2012
Ideas on the 3rd Floor: Mayoral Referendum Debate: do our cities need their own Boris?
Event
IPPR North will host this important and timely debate between high profile advocates for and against city mayors ahead of the May referendum....
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02 Feb 2012
UK Constitutional Future: Politicians Ignore The "English Identity" At Their Peril
Article
In 1947 George Orwell noted that “Up to date the Scottish Nationalist movement seems to have gone almost unnoticed in England…It is true that it is a small movement, but it could grow, because...
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26 Jan 2012
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18 Jan 2012
Claimant counts for North East, Yorkshire and Humber, London, Scotland and Northern Ireland all higher than at their recession peaks
Press release
Govt should guarantee a job for everyone who has been unemployed for more than a year paid at the minimum wage, targeting the worst affected areas first...
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18 Jan 2012
Northern prosperity is national prosperity
Article Original
With many forecasters predicting more bad news for the UK economy and a real danger of a double-dip recession, plus unemployment figures tomorrow expected to show a rise to just under three million...
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17 Jan 2012
Behind the rhetoric there is precious little ‘rebalancing’ of government investment
Article
“Without a rebalanced economy we will never have sustainable public finances or a prosperous economy.” George Osborne’s words echo an oft-repeated government ambition: to rebalance the economy,...
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13 Jan 2012
What would Scottish independence mean for the North?
Article
The future of Scotland has hit the headlines this week, as David Cameron waded into the debate about the future of the Union. Uncertainties abound, and at the moment about the only thing we can be...
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13 Jan 2012
The Regional Impact of Universities: Report launch and panel discussion
Event
Research carried out by IPPR North for Universities UK sought to understand better the impact of recent changes to regional and local structures and the emerging relations between universities and...
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12 Jan 2012
Café Politique: What’s disability to you?
Event
Dr Tom Shakespeare will assert that while there are at least one billion people with disabilities in the world, their rights and needs are often ignored in development efforts such as the Millennium...
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12 Jan 2012
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04 Jan 2012
Transport spend per head is £2,700 for London but £5 per head in North East
Press release
Transport spending system is broken...
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19 Dec 2011
On the wrong track: An analysis of the autumn statement announcements on transport infrastructure
Publication
Much was made in the chancellor’s autumn statement of how every region of England will benefit from increased infrastructure spending, with the chancellor listing a host of road and rail projects...
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19 Dec 2011
Treasury urged to look North
IPPR in the news
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19 Dec 2011
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19 Dec 2011
The south is on its way out of recession, but the north is stuck
Article
Yesterday’s unemployment figures were startling. 2.68 million of our fellow citizens are now unable to find employment, the greatest number for seventeen years. The prime minister is fond of...
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15 Dec 2011
Deal or no deal for England’s cities
Article
Taken at their word, Clegg and Clark may well have opened Pandora’s box for Whitehall mandarins and our great cities may once again find the freedom to drive the nation’s return to prosperity....
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09 Dec 2011
Cities will be engine room of recovery and the North must not be left behind
Article
Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and smaller cities represent the untapped potential of a bright Northern future....
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09 Dec 2011