Press releases

List of press Articles

  1. Being mean-spirited on citizenship could hit the NHS and cost UK plc

    PPR calls on new Home Secretary Amber Rudd to reform citizenship rules to stop a post-Brexit brain-drain harming the economy.
  2. May can’t take back control if she remains wedded to a blunt and ineffective net migration target – IPPR

    he Government can only meet public demands to ‘take back control’ of immigration if it ditches its counter-productive net migration target and adopts a strategic approach fit for our modern economy, IPPR warn today.
  3. Collapse in holiday work hitting young people’s chances in job market - IPPR

    ew analysis shows young people want to work and get the skills they need – but government, business, schools and universities need to do more to give them that chance
  4. New apprenticeship programme needs to go further to benefit young people - IPPR

    oung people lose out twice: over 25s get more places and many apprenticeships are poor quality
  5. Transport Secretary urged to close £1,600 per person London-North spending gap

  6. North East shaking off ‘low skills’ history

  7. Devolving Work Programme to mayors could unlock £9,000 per claimant

  8. IPPR says Chancellor should set out plans on investment and tax following his fiscal reset comments

  9. Employment stats - IPPR say quick action needed to limit potential Brexit vote damage

  10. Inflation stats - a Brexit surge would hit poorest households twice as hard as the richest

  11. The education system makes children lose a whole year’s education - IPPR

    eachers are trapped in a system that discourages excellence in classroom teaching, wastes £1 billion a year on training, and costs children a whole year’s worth of education.
  12. More action needed to tackle London’s polluted air - IPPR

    PPR supports the new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, in his ambition to take urgent action on tackling air pollution in the capital, where the problem is particularly acute and responsible for an estimated 9,400 premature deaths every year.