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PwC and ippr research reveals challenges in converting public appetite for participation in public service design and delivery into action
04 February 2010
As parties argue over the balance between the ‘big state’ and the ‘big society’, a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and ippr – ‘Capable Communities’ - shows that the public strongly supports the idea of individuals and communities playing a major role in public service design and delivery, but think the state should continue to be the main provider of services.
Current approach to tackling inequality and discrimination needs radical re-thinking, says ippr report
28 January 2010
In the week when a major government-commissioned study on inequality is published, a report by the leading independent think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research argues that the current approach to tackling the issue is out of date, alienates many people and is often counterproductive.
Global Climate Network launches drive for low-carbon economy in South Africa
27 January 2010
A network of nine independent think tanks in high emitting countries, including in BASIC countries, is launching a new initiative Wednesday aimed at providing analysis for a low-carbon economy. IMBEWU, a Johannesburg-based sustainability legal specialist and the South African member of the Global Climate Network (GCN) is hosting the launch.
Old fashioned thinking and slow decision making puts UK’s creative industries future global position at risk, ex Channel 4 boss tells Oxford Media Convention
21 January 2010
In his first speech since leaving his job as Chief Executive at Channel Four, Andy Duncan will tell the Oxford Media Convention, organised in partnership by the leading think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) and Media Guardian, that the UK’s creative industries could go backwards, despite economic recovery, unless they work together to face future challenges.
Recession leaves almost half young black people unemployed, finds ippr
20 January 2010
Ahead of Office for National Statistics jobless figures to be published today (Wednesday), new analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) shows that almost half (48%) of Black people aged between 16-24 are now unemployed – compared to the rate of unemployment among white young people which stands at 20%.
US stimulus creates green jobs
19 January 2010
The clean energy investment in President Obama's recovery or stimulus act has saved or created an estimated 63,000 jobs and this total is expected to rise to as many as 700,000 once all the measures are in place.
Radical rethink of fuel poverty strategy needed as deaths predicted to rise from cold snap, warns ippr
15 January 2010
The Government must take urgent steps to help people struggling to pay heating bills, as current efforts to tackle fuel poverty are not working, argues the leading think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr). The cold weather conditions seen in the UK over the past few weeks have highlighted the urgent need for the Government to commission an independent review of its emergency measures to help people cope with peaks of cold weather and its longer-term strategy to address fuel poverty to reduce rising winter death rates in future.
US Stimulus Money to provide training for thousands of low-carbon jobs in deprived communities
13 January 2010
US Secretary of Labour Hilda L. Solis today announced $150 million in grants for training and placement services in low-carbon and clean-energy sectors to support the poorest of American communities.
Survey of community action on poverty, jobs and the environment
13 January 2010
The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) is launching an exciting new project looking at local-level work to tackle poverty, discrimination and disadvantage, improve job opportunities and protect the environment. As part of our project, we would like to find out more about the work currently being done by local organisations across the UK.
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Financial Times - February 2
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The Guardian - February 1
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Telegraph - February 1
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The Telegraph - January 28
Don't leave equalities stranded
politics.co.uk - January 28
Prison reform consensus builds but ministers fail to take heed
Public Finance - 20 January
48% of black youth in UK don’t have jobs: IPPR
New Statesman - January 20
Analysis: National security's Tory tint
politics.co.uk - 15 January
Capable Communities
Public Service Reform: The next chapter
In this paper we turn our attention to the role citizens and communities can play in directly producing services, setting out the challenges that lie ahead, and identifying the questions our research will seek to answer over the coming months.
The English Question
ippr surveys MPs
ippr has conducted a survey of MPs to find out if they think that England is losing out as a result of these changes, as many people have claimed.
You Can’t Put Me In A Box
Super-diversity and the end of identity politics in Britain
This paper attempts to map out just how diverse Britain is, both in terms of who lives in Britain and how they identify themselves.