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Needs of children and families have been forgotten in crisis response to pandemic, say IPPR and TUC

Joint call for cash injection into families’ pockets, to save up to 700,000 children from poverty and boost economy More support for childcare urged, to protect early years learning and...

26/10/2020

Press Releases Public services Coronavirus response Future Welfare State IPPR

IPPR: Sunak’s job support reforms will still leave people struggling this winter

Think tank welcomes reforms but warns that many will still miss out on support and the social safety net is not generous enough The progressive think tank IPPR has responded to the reforms to...

22/10/2020

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Government steps to protect ethnic minorities from Covid disparities not enough, says IPPR

Think tank urges faster and further action now to save lives from second wave of pandemic this winter Today the government is unveiling its first response to the wide inequalities in the...

22/10/2020

Press Releases Public services Coronavirus response Better Health and Care IPPR

Act now to protect ethnic minorities from second Covid wave urge IPPR and Runnymede, as they reveal full extent of its unequal impact

58,000 more people would have died in first wave if white population faced same risk as black communities, paper finds The sharply higher risk of death from Covid-19 among minority ethnic...

20/10/2020

Press Releases Public services Better Health and Care IPPR

Revealed – only 230,000 jobs will be saved by Sunak’s Job Support Schemes

Extension announced on Friday does nothing to help workers in the majority of firms not under local lockdown Think tank reveals 1.8 million viable jobs jeopardised under Chancellor’s Job...

12/10/2020

Press Releases Jobs & skills Centre for Economic Justice Future Welfare State IPPR

Only half of teachers say their school can offer pupils on-site mental-health counselling in wake of pandemic, finds IPPR

New survey data reveal signs of major inequalities, with private and state schools in better-off areas more likely to provide access to some key services The government should introduce a...

09/10/2020

Press Releases Public services Coronavirus response IPPR

Hostile Environment: ‘firewall’ between policing and immigration enforcement needed to protect victims

Metro mayors should champion ‘safe reporting’ so victims of crime without immigration status can come forward without fear, says IPPR In a new report, the progressive think tank IPPR has...

29/09/2020

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IPPR: Job Support Scheme does not go far enough to prevent unnecessary layoffs

Think tank that first proposed a work-sharing scheme in August welcomes move to protect viable jobs, but warns of flaws in government scheme The progressive think tank IPPR responds to the...

24/09/2020

Press Releases Economy Jobs & skills Centre for Economic Justice Future Welfare State IPPR

Ethnic minorities most at risk from debt as economic crisis creates Covid-19 ‘double whammy’, finds IPPR

One in eight employed before pandemic are now out of work, more than twice the UK average, according to new analysis by think tank People from black, Asian and other minority ethnic communiti...

24/09/2020

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

IPPR welcomes furlough reform plan proposed by Labour at TUC Conference

The think tank had previously called for such a scheme to prevent mass unemployment by encouraging part-time working Recent IPPR research revealed that if the government removes the furlough...

15/09/2020

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