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IPPR North is the leading think-tank for the north of England. We develop bold, progressive ideas to empower England’s regions so that everyone, wherever they live, has the opportunity to live a good life.

IPPR North responds to the Budget

Responding to the Budget, IPPR North Director Zoë Billingham said: “Regional growth is key to national growth – and the chancellor hinted he understands this in today’s Budget, though fell...

15/03/2023

Press Releases Economy Budget IPPR North

State of the North 2023 - Looking out to level up: How the North and the UK measure up

This years State of the North report draws from international experience to show how the UK's regional inequality is not inevitable.

25/01/2023

Publication Report Devolution & local leadership Progressive levelling up IPPR North

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£560 million in levelling up funding lost to inflation

Inflation is expected to create a £560 million hole in the government’s Levelling Up Fund (LUF) and Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) by 2025/26 according to our analysis of new figures published today...

17/11/2022

Blog post Long read Economy Progressive levelling up IPPR North

‘Levelling up starts with people at the bottom’ – a vision for a levelled up Stoke

Levelling up remains popular and the people think it is much needed . But the agenda is at risk of going nowhere, subsumed by new economic realities and a growing list of crises now facing the...

12/12/2022

Blog post Devolution & local leadership IPPR North

Community led levelling up – insights from Redcar

“ I think it already is special we have just been left in the Stone Age .” This was the response from Helen,* a social worker who had lived in Redcar nearly all her life when she was...

13/10/2022

Blog post Expert comment Devolution & local leadership Progressive levelling up IPPR North

Reports

Explainer: Inside the new North East devolution deal

The week before last, a new devolution deal for the North East was announced by the secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities. Subject to local and parliamentary approval, the new...

10/01/2023

Blog post Power & politics IPPR North Long read

Rethinking levelling up: Caring for place, empowering connectors, and redesigning our culture of governance

This paper critically assesses the unfinished governance processes of levelling up, challenging the traditional orthodoxy of territorial government in the UK.

12/12/2022

Publication Report Devolution & local leadership Progressive levelling up IPPR North

Building the foundations for social connections in Yorkshire and the Humber

This toolkit is designed to support those working with refugee, migrant and receiving communities in the Yorkshire and Humber region, to build the foundations for meaningful social connections.

28/11/2022

Publication Report Society & migration Families Population and demographics IPPR

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