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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

Press Releases Economy Jobs & skills Coronavirus response IPPR

IPPR responds to Climate Assembly report: strong national leadership needed to reach net zero

Think tank says Climate Assembly UK has been an exemplar of how citizens can come together and develop well thought out solutions IPPR responds to the Climate Assembly UK report, the result of...

10/09/2020

Press Releases Environment Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

‘Hostile environment’ has fostered racist practices across society, not just by immigration officials, says IPPR

Major review of the hostile environment finds that most elements of ‘excessive policy’ that led to the Windrush Scandal are still in place The ‘devastating’ impacts and failings of the...

07/09/2020

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

£425 billion saving for NHS and economy over children’s lifetime if government successful in anti-obesity drive

Bringing childhood obesity down to 1980s levels would save the NHS £66 billion and be worth £359 billion to the economy over the lifetimes of the current cohort of children IPPR calls for...

28/08/2020

Press Releases Public services Better Health and Care IPPR

Government’s ‘lost learning’ catchup plan not enough to close attainment gap say 71 per cent of teachers

Mental health support for the most vulnerable pupils must be prioritised to close growing attainment gap in schools, says IPPR New polling by Teacher Tapp for the Institute for Public Policy...

28/08/2020

Press Releases Public services Coronavirus response IPPR

Youth unemployment could reach over 100,000 in Scotland this year

Over one in three of Scotland’s young workforce could be unemployed later this year – the highest ever level since records began Urgent action needed over the coming weeks and months to meet...

27/08/2020

Press Releases Jobs & skills IPPR Scotland

IPPR: extension to eviction ban must go further to help 'forgotten renters'

Think tank calls for government to take further action to prevent 'surge in homelessness' IPPR is calling on the UK government to go beyond its short term extension of the evictions ban...

21/08/2020

Press Releases Housing & infrastructure IPPR

Ethnic inequalities among over-50s revealed in new research

Black people in their 50s and 60s have significantly lower weekly income than their white peers, are less likely to own their home outright and are more likely to live in deprived areas...

20/08/2020

Press Releases Public services IPPR

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