We are delighted to announce that Lord Victor Adebowale (Victor Adebowale) has been appointed as the new chair of trustees at IPPR.

It’s hugely exciting that such a dynamic contributor to our civil society is prepared to lead our Board at this pivotal moment.

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We're so excited to announce that Lord Victor Adebowale is the new IPPR North IPPR Scotland @IPPR Chair of trustees. Welcome, Victor!

On May 2nd England will have the largest set of (metro) mayoral elections yet. But there remain big questions how they will evolve next. Read my latest column for The MJ👇

It's 'the poor competing with the poor'

A telling Financial Times analysis here of the failures of levelling up funding since 2019.

Includes data from our own research.
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This & this again👇

We have Zoë Billingham Neil Lee Luke Raikes and Joyce Liddle speaking at this #devolution event with Insights North East.

It’s hybrid and couldn’t be more timely. 2 weeks after local and mayoral elections, and 🤔 weeks before GE.

Not to be missed!

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Really looking forward to speaking at a Darlington Economic Campus event for civil servants this morning, hosted by Ed Whiting, on all things devolution, the North East & 'regionomics'🗣️(also as a Government Economic Service (GES) alumni!)

1 in 52 children in Blackpool are in care. Startling findings from Health Equity North written up by Shingi Mararike for Sky News.
news.sky.com/story/social-i…

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!)⬇️
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NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results.

Read Nick Ridpath Sarah Cattan Pedro Carneiro’s report, funded by Nuffield Foundation: ifs.org.uk/publications/s…

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…

📌Half of England now has a directly-elected mayor.

After the May elections 34 per cent of England will be covered by a #MetroMayor . Including the Mayor of London, this figure rises to 50 per cent of the population.

Find out more with our FAQs ⬇️
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Alstom set to mothball its historic Derby plant after HS2 train order delays. Predictable and depressing

on.ft.com/49jQEFS

Great analysis from Kiran Stacey The Guardian on why the government’s levelling up policy has gone nowhere. 👇🏾👇🏾

It’s reassuring to hear Keir Starmer & Angela Rayner jointly commit to the deepening of the devolution agenda in response to calls from IPPR North & our colleagues across our regions.

thetimes.co.uk/article/5959ae…

NORTH EAST Policy Job Alert!
The brilliant IPPR North need a NE based researcher

Sometimes you just have to taking levelling up into your own hands? POLITICOEurope London Playbook reporting on our IPPR North birthday... in Manchester. Better than booze!