IPPR North

IPPR North

IPPR North is the leading think tank based in the north of England.

We are researchers, communicators, and policy experts who develop bold, progressive ideas to empower England’s regions so that everyone has the opportunity to live a good life and to thrive. Our vision is of people and communities in England’s regions realising their full potential. It is a future in which place-based inequalities no longer exist, and opportunity and prosperity are open to everyone.

For 21 years IPPR North has been conducting independent research and influencing powerholders, driving tangible, positive policy change. We lead the policy sector in regions like the North with high quality research and impact, and we are deeply connected to the issues our communities face. Our expertise is in regional growth, devolution and local power and democracy.

Our latest work

  1. Aerial views of Manchester skyline of new skyscrapers

    Devolution that delivers: Fiscal power for regional growth

    The UK is one of the most centralised countries in the developed world, and one of the most regionally unequal.
  2. A photograph from below of the grand Manchester town hall building on a sunny day against a blue sky

    On home ground: The future of devolution

    Andy Burnham has pledged to deliver “the biggest rebalancing of power the country has ever seen”. The key task for the new government is putting this into action.

  3. Towards a Communities Agenda 2.0

    Andy Burnham’s arrival in Downing Street creates an opportunity to go much further on the communities agenda than we’ve seen up to now. So what should more ambition look like in practice?
  4. Small tent on the pavement of the city street in London, UK, with a homeless person sleeping inside

    Home truths: Housing-led approaches to homelessness

    Nationally, there is a lack of political urgency in reducing homelessness. 

News

  1. Hand £4bn a year from Whitehall to mayors to double regional funding, say IPPR and IPPR North

  2. IPPR North: Burnham's radical action on homelessness is welcome, now we must see the same pace for devolution

  3. Burnham must act fast to stop “two-tier England”, warns IPPR North