Last 24 hours to apply for our latest IPPR North North East role! If in doubt, please apply. It's such a great time to be working on the regional agenda in the North East.

Given the role buses play in people's lives, it's good to see them getting some recognition!

(It's worth remembering that 62% of all public transport trips in GB are by bus - not that you'd know given the coverage of public transport!)

'Power to the People': our new report published with Compass and written by Arianna Giovannini & Jonathan Davies now on Mastodon, Threads and BSky! offers a timely challenge to Westminster:

If the parties believe in levelling up, will they act on its recommendations?

Read the report here ➡️ bit.ly/4aty0gb

Good to read a reflective piece from Joseph Timan Manchester News MEN on where the new dividing lines are on the regional agenda following Angela Rayner 🌹's speech at our IPPR North birthday last month. manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

We asked public who gets a good/bad deal from current transport system🚗🚃🚌

They told us it's stacked against ppl who:
🔸Live in rural areas
🔸Are on a low income
🔸Are disabled
🔸Don't own a car

People with the best deal?
🔹On high income

Report here
ippr.org/articles/who-g…

When the The Yorkshire Post speaks, people listen - and even more so when the paper's front page is all about an important new IPPR report....

Great to speak to @KiranStacey at the Guardian - and make my front page debut - about the limited progress the Government has made vis-à-vis tackling regional inequalities. Reasonably or not, the public expect more progress to have been made ahead of the General Election.

These statistics on healthy life expectancy confirm the findings of our most recent State of the North report.
ippr.org/media-office/n…

🥳2024 is our 20th birthday! 🥳Today we celebrate the difference we've made to the North & regions so far and flag some of the issues that have come and gone in our 20 year history. ippr.org/articles/celeb…

It was quite a ride to go back through IPPR North’s 20 year history for a new birthday blog post.. from the credit crunch to the cost of living crisis we’ve had more than our fair share of obstacles to rebalance our regions. But our mission remains clear. ippr.org/articles/celeb…

IPPR North Birthday! So exciting to bring together IPPR North’s past, present and future!

At IPPR North Angela Rayner 🌹 committing to more powers for #MetroMayors over planning, housing, energy & transport for areas to mirror trailblazers committed to by govt with single settlement

Zoë Billingham

Do you want to join the brilliant team IPPR North? Apply for our latest team role, focused on the North East. It’s available at either Senior Research Fellow or Research Fellow level. Apply by 16th April👇ippr.org/jobs/senior-re…

So exciting to be hosting Angela Rayner 🌹 to celebrate IPPR North’s birthday. Making the case for more devolution, more power and more prosperity in the North.

Good but my goodness we’re so dreadfully slow at building and improving infrastructure in the UK 🫣🫣

Here's a 🧵 on the key findings from our new The Productivity Institute Inisights Paper.

...with lots of nice graphics!

Sam Warner Michael Kenny Andy Westwood

Really interesting work

Accountability is vital for the effectiveness of MCAs and international evidence links good governance to 'inclusive growth'

Current shortcomings are no a reason to hold back, as some would say, but to develop more comprehensive subnational governance