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Plans that work: Employment outcomes for people with learning disabilities

Many of us have some form of learning disability. If you are one of these people, you are less likely to live an independent life, and you are significantly less likely to have a job. This short …

04/04/2019

Jack Hunter

Publication Briefing Jobs & skills Public services IPPR North

Quick wins for the North's transport network

The North’s transport network is currently in crisis, but there are major opportunities ahead. The chaos faced by passengers in the summer of 2018 revealed long-term structural weaknesses in the …

18/03/2019

Luke Raikes

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure IPPR North

A just transition: Realising the opportunities of decarbonisation in the north of England

Decarbonisation holds huge opportunities for the north of England. The energy sector is one of the North’s ‘prime capabilities’. The region has a leading low-carbon goods and services sector - …

11/03/2019

Joshua Emden

Luke Murphy

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure IPPR

Findings of the Income Crisis Taskforce: Establishing common principles for responses to income crisis

Income crisis is a worsening epidemic in the UK. Yet the government response has been at best inadequate, and in some cases counterproductive, for example the cuts to benefits and the roll out of …

06/03/2019

Joshua Emden

Luke Murphy

Hywel Lloyd

Publication Briefing Housing & infrastructure IPPR

Regional funding after Brexit: Opportunities for the UK's Shared Prosperity Fund

Regional inequality is a dominant feature of the UK’s current economic landscape. Power and prosperity are concentrated in London and the South East, while other areas of the UK experience lower …

27/02/2019

Kate Henry

Marley Morris

Publication Briefing Devolution & local leadership IPPR

SMEs and productivity in the Northern Powerhouse: Interim report

Productivity is a measure of how effectively an economy uses the resources at its disposal (including the labour of its workforce, different aspects of capital such as machinery and technology, and …

26/02/2019

Anna Round

Jack Hunter

Sarah Longlands

Publication Report Economy IPPR North

This is a crisis: Facing up to the age of environmental breakdown

Mainstream political and policy debates have failed to recognise that human impacts on the environment have reached a critical stage, potentially eroding the conditions upon which socioeconomic …

12/02/2019

Laurie Laybourn-Langton

Lesley Rankin

Darren Baxter

Publication Report Environment

Sign on the dotted line? A new rental contract: Final report

The private rented sector has grown substantially over the past two decades. It is now home to 20 per cent of households (4.7 million). Many more people now expect to live in the private rented …

28/01/2019

Darren Baxter

Luke Murphy

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure IPPR

State aid rules and Brexit

The EU’s policy of state aid control has become a focal point of debate since the UK’s 2016 referendum. Some proponents of leaving the EU have argued that, freed from the constraints of EU rules on …

23/01/2019

Marley Morris

Tom Kibasi

Publication Briefing Power & politics IPPR

In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the need to improve the technical education system in England. Successive governments have recognised the importance of a high-quality technical …

09/01/2019

Dean Hochlaf

Joe Dromey

Publication Briefing Jobs & skills IPPR