North set for over a half century of sicker, shorter healthy lives, without a step change in levelling up
It will be 2080 before the gap in healthy life expectancy is closed between the North and South East. IPPR North’s annual State of the…
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Hundreds of millions in apprenticeship levy raised by public sector since 2018 has returned to government
The public sector has raised over £1.2 billion to create apprentices since 2018, but a quarter – over £300 million – has gone unspent, according…
IPPR urges kitemark scheme for refugee inclusive employers in Yorkshire
A new report has urged the creation of an accreditation scheme for Yorkshire employers who employ refugees and people fleeing war and persecution. The IPPR…
IPPR urges kitemark scheme for refugee-inclusive employers in Yorkshire
A new report has urged the creation of an accreditation scheme for Yorkshire employers who employ refugees and people fleeing war and persecution. The IPPR…
Apprenticeship Support hit by Postcode Lottery, says IPPR
The postcode lottery of small business support is undermining the government’s ability to address England’s national skills shortages, according to a new report by IPPR.…
Overwhelming national support for scrapping ‘unliveable’ apprenticeship wages
Over three quarters of the public (78 per cent) do not think they could live on the Apprenticeship Minimum Wage, according to new polling by…
State of the North: North of England experiencing lowest investment of advanced economies, but levelling up is possible
Major report shows that if the North were a country, it would be second only to Greece for the lowest levels of investment in the…
Childcare guarantee to age 11 would bring £13 billion extra boost to economy, finds report
Investing in a universal guarantee of affordable childcare for all families until the end of primary school has long been seen as a route to…
‘Levelling up’ to be levelled down, with half a billion lost to inflation
The leading think tank for the north of England, IPPR North, has today calculated that £1 in every £13 allocated through key ‘levelling up’ pots…
Over £3 billion in unspent apprenticeship levy lost to Treasury ‘black hole’ new data reveals
Apprenticeships experts warn that the Treasury must be more transparent on how it spends the billions returned to its coffers Rigid apprenticeship system blamed for…