Sentences with phrase «on ippr»

In January this year, Tom Newton Dunn at the Sun wrote a similar story about removing benefits for the young unemployed, which was, once again, based on another IPPR report and a briefing from the party.

The danger is that the Tories seize on IPPR support to do just that.

Matthew Elliott, campaign director of the cross-party NO to AV campaign, comments on IPPR's report attacking first - past - the - post:

It originally appeared on IPPR's Juncture blog.

Commenting on the IPPR report Vocational Education in English Schools, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «What is becoming increasingly clear is that Michael Gove's reforms are plain wrong.»

Not exact matches

Formed by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the Independent Commission on National Security met for the first time today.

Nick, But when do ex-jihadis (about 29 years old), who have written of how they were close associates of the jailed Glasgow bomber, and who have never contacted the Fabians or IPPR, become experts on liberal - left think - tanks in the view of columnists for a major liberal newspaper?

I have just recently writing a long essay about the consequences of Thatcherism for a journal issue on the 30th anniversary of 1979 which the ippr are to publish next month, at which point you will be welcome to debate and indeed take issue with my own views on her economic and political legacy.

Today's English identity reflects a growing sense that English people lack a real voice on the things that matter to them, as the IPPR report that Sadiq refers to shows clearly.

Politics in Spires, together with OurKingdom, IPPR and the Department of Politics at the University of Southampton, are hosting the Great Charter Convention — an open, public debate on where arbitrary power lies in the UK today and how we should contest and contain it.

The IPPR does not deny that achieving full employment would present policymakers on Whitehall with a difficult challenge.

Established think - tanks across the political spectrum such as the Fabian Society, ippr, Demos, Policy Exchange, the Social Market Foundation, Civitas and so on will make a point of stating who the funder of any piece of work or any event is.

AV may be far from perfect for those (like ippr) who want genuine proportional representation, but this is the closest we've come to getting electoral reform put to the people (who deserve the chance to have a say on this).

By drawing on historical and international experiences of taxing wealth and providing new analysis of the potential fiscal and distributional impacts of reform, the IPPR research aims to provide a more balanced picture of the scope for reforming wealth taxes in the UK.

It makes extensive use of the new IPPR wealth tax model, the first of its kind to provide detailed data on the distributional impact of wealth taxes.

The Speakers» Corner Trust website has been hosting a debate between IPPR and Policy Exchange on the relationship between society and state which resonates with this discussion.

The IPPR research models the effects of a flat - rate 0.5 percent annual tax on the gross value of all residential property owned by private individuals, with no threshold or tax - free allowance.

The IPPR report considers a wide range of other possible reforms, including the Liberal Democrat idea of a «mansion tax», reforms to Stamp Duty to make it more progressive, and an annual tax on net wealth (rather than just property wealth).

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, has commented on the report by IPPR into the funding of schools in the north of England.

Lord Ashdown, co-chair of the IPPR thinktank's commission on national security which delivered its interim report today, warned the transfer of power from west to east and the growth of lawless spaces presented serious challenges to the changing international system.

The IPPR seems to have waited until Theresa May's immigration announcement was out of the way before launching a series of essays by senior Labour figures on the last government's record on the matter.

In his first post-election political move, Lord Mandelson has agreed to chair an inquiry into the future of globalisation for the left of centre thinktank the IPPR — an inquiry that is likely to be influential on Labour's policy review.

The new IPPR director, Nick Pearce, is a former head of the No 10 policy unit and was instrumental in asking Mandelson to take up the inquiry based on his knowledge of the former business secretary's thinking.

IPPR chief economist Tony Dolphin said: «With public sector austerity at home and a potential crisis in the euro zone on their doorstep, it seems unlikely the private sector will step up its recruitment or investment plans any time soon.»

IPPR, the Left Foot Forward blog, and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation are set to publish a collection of essays on Monday expanding upon their preferred growth strategy.

During a lengthy conversation with Cohen, on which he based part of his article, I suggested that neither the IPPR nor Fabian Society would have published my recent pamphlet for Policy Exchange which outlined a model for engagement with Muslim groups based on normative British values.

«There are almost a million «asset - rich income - poor» pensioners - those living in big houses but on small incomes,» said IPPR's head of social policy, Jim Bennett.

However recent IPPR polling (to be published shortly) finds large - scale support for extra requirements placed on childminders: three - quarters (73 per cent) of childminders wanted some extra requirements, and of those almost half (45 per cent) thought childminders should be required to hold a relevant level 3 qualification within two years of registration.

Demos, Policy Exchange, IPPR - their research topics are broad enough that it's simply not in their interest to position themselves on either side of the political divide.

Meanwhile, Alistair Darling is answering questions on the Treasury while Nick Clegg presents a speech at the IPPR.

IPPR director Nick Pearce comments on his thinktank's report attacking the first - past - the - post voting system:

Local government has been at the forefront of many of the issues I shall be talking about today and Sarah Mulley at the IPPR has done a vital job in informing the debate on the centre left of British politics.

IPPR have published proposals on this.

I'd like to thank you all for coming, and thank IPPR for hosting us, and also for all the excellent work they do to inform and stimulate thinking and debate on the centre left.

«The IPPR have said they would prefer another option altogether - the additional member system - but that's not on the table.

Farron's move in a letter to a constituent released at the weekend came as the IPPR thinktank published new research showing the proposed decarbonisation target need not increase energy prices, and the government's alternative of relying on gas will boost bills by as much as # 15.

Branded as too toxic for the Yes campaign, Nick Clegg had long been quiet on AV, until yesterday's speech at IPPR.

A damning report on the first past the post voting system has been released by ippr.

It is a little late, therefore, for the think - tanks of the Labour establishment, the Fabian Society and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), to publish their proposals for higher taxes on the better - off.

The IPPR has called on the government to use its forthcoming review of the national funding formula to weight funding more heavily towards areas of the country which have high levels of disadvantage and which struggle to recruit teachers.

The report from IPPR found that secondary schools in the north receive on average # 1,300 less per pupil than schools in London.

An IPPR report, «Freedom's Orphans», published in 2006 described the way that the efficacy of low SES communities was depressed, and how a particular approach to education both inside and outside of the classroom could impact on this.

The IPPR found that the pupil intake at UTCs — based on deprivation, disadvantage and prior attainment — «broadly matched» the national average.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent UK organisation which yesterday consulted with 2 leading advisors on climate change, Britain's David King and Professor Qi Ye of China's Brookings - Tsinghua Center for Public Policy.