The Prime Minister’s attempt to reframe economic inactivity around shirkers is wrong - mental health distress is real, and very large majority of those inactive have 3/4/5 health conditions simultaneously

Today’s figures from the IMF show that the UK faces another decade of economic stagnation, worsened by chronic lack of investment. This is set to continue as the UK is projected to have the lowest levels of investment in the G7 until the 2030s.

Brilliant essay from John Tomaney & Andy Pike CURDS Newcastle in the latest edition of IPPR Progressive Review,marking IPPRNorth 20th anniversary

A long and winding road
Fixing regional governance in The North East

⬇️Well worth reading (it's free!)⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ne…

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🌟 HR manager - key to our operations, culture & impact
🌟 Senior research fellow or research fellow IPPRNorth, ideally in North East of England, to drive our work there

Could this be you or someone you know?
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It's a privilege to have Tom Baldwin in the IPPR office this evening to tell us about his new book, Keir Starmer: The Biography.

Your regular reminder that the North Sea basin is in structural decline, the UK taxpayer subsidises oil/gas extraction with £bns every year, the industry has made huge profits off the gas crisis, and the only route to jobs and lower bills is an ambitious green investment plan.

“Fiscal rules were introduced to constrain politicians from making bad spending decisions. The evidence now suggests they are also constraining them from making good ones.” Me quoted in The Times and The Sunday Times today 👇

thetimes.co.uk/article/9fbab8…

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