Researcher Baxter Darren Darren is a researcher in our Environment, Housing and Infrastructure team, working across housing and energy policy.
His areas of expertise are:
Housing …
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Environment
Housing & infrastructure
IPPR
In 2017, the Scottish Parliament unanimously passed legislation to introduce statutory targets in order to reduce child poverty and create a new Poverty and
Inequality Commission in Scotland. By …
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Economy
IPPR Scotland
The British economy is at a critical juncture. Its future success depends on overcoming two major, interrelated problems – long-term structural weaknesses in investment, productivity and trade, and …
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Housing & infrastructure
England is in the midst of a housing crisis. In 67 per cent of local authorities, insufficient houses were built to meet demand in 2015/16 (DCLG 2016; DCLG 2017).
Across England, of the 265,936 …
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Housing & infrastructure
Our vision for the north of England is that by 2050 we will be the leading low-carbon energy region in the UK, with an energy economy worth £15 billion per annum and 100,000 green jobs providing …
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Devolution & local leadership
IPPR North
London’s housing market is increasingly unaffordable for those on low to middle incomes. While it has always been more expensive to rent or buy in the capital, the scale of the unaffordability of …
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Housing & infrastructure
IPPR
The UK's regional cities are in breach of the legal limits on air quality by up to 150%, threatening the lives of children and adults, report warns.
Government, councils and transport bodies …
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Economy
Environment
IPPR North
The UK has long seen efforts to take advantage of the geological assets that these islands possess. This dates from lead and gold mining in Roman times, to the mechanisation of deep mining for coal …
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Environment
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IPPR North
The North has the potential to lead the country in generating secure, cheap and accessible energy, reaping great economic benefits in the process. This report explores the three possible 'energy …
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Housing & infrastructure
IPPR North
Households in income crisis, who cannot afford to pay two or more of their essential bills, are having to make the choice between heating their homes or buying food. This report argues sets out the …
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