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New migration system risks Covid economic recovery due to curbs on carers and key workers, warns IPPR

Almost 80 per cent of EU social care workers would have been found ineligible to migrate under new rules IPPR proposals for a more flexible approach to new immigration system backed by key...

03/11/2020

Press Releases Society & migration Coronavirus response IPPR

Furloughed workers far less likely to have basic qualifications, finds think tank

IPPR calls for spending review to include a long-term funding settlement for further education, to help drive economic recovery Furloughed workers who lose their jobs are far less likely to...

02/11/2020

Press Releases Jobs & skills IPPR

Repair families’ financial reserves ahead of tough Covid-19 winter, urges IPPR Scotland

Almost half of Scottish workers experienced some form of pay drop during the first lockdown Think tank says new five tier system announced on Friday makes support for household finances even...

28/10/2020

Press Releases Economy Public services IPPR Scotland

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

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

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

Press Releases Society & migration Metro mayors IPPR

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