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@ipprnorth.bsky.social
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The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.
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We're hiring!💥
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
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IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
Should UK Mayors learn from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social? @zoebillingham.bsky.social says Yes! Read our director's commentary here:
Should UK mayors learn from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social? Like Mamdani they should be not be afraid to be "caught trying" to reduce the cost of living. Read my latest column for the The Municipal Journal✍️
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Should UK mayors learn from Mamdani?
In just under a month, New York City will vote for its next mayor.
Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani is currently maintaining a double-digit lead in the polls,...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Should UK Mayors learn from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social? @zoebillingham.bsky.social says Yes! Read our director's commentary here:
We're hiring!💥
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
Senior Research Fellow, IPPR North | IPPR
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.
www.ippr.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We're hiring!💥
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
Our Marcus' take on the announced Pride in Place funding
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Our Marcus' take on the announced Pride in Place funding
Our final event at Labour conference #LC25 is happening right now with
@mayorofwy.bsky.social
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
@rjpartington.bsky.social
& our own Marcus Johns & @zoe_billingham.
#Labourfringe
@mayorofwy.bsky.social
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
@rjpartington.bsky.social
& our own Marcus Johns & @zoe_billingham.
#Labourfringe
September 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our final event at Labour conference #LC25 is happening right now with
@mayorofwy.bsky.social
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
@rjpartington.bsky.social
& our own Marcus Johns & @zoe_billingham.
#Labourfringe
@mayorofwy.bsky.social
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
@rjpartington.bsky.social
& our own Marcus Johns & @zoe_billingham.
#Labourfringe
So far we've already heard about visitor levies, council tax, transport fares, and the politics of devolution...
And it's a big turnout too! 👀
September 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So far we've already heard about visitor levies, council tax, transport fares, and the politics of devolution...
And it's a big turnout too! 👀
September 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
And it's a big turnout too! 👀
And we're kicking off with our event ✨ Devolution Revolution✨ with @andyburnham.bsky.social @allymcgovern.bsky.social, @localtrust.org.uk' Rachel Rowney & Big Local's Jack Burkinshaw. Chaired by our @zoebillingham.bsky.social
#LC25 #IPPRfringe #devolution
#LC25 #IPPRfringe #devolution
September 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And we're kicking off with our event ✨ Devolution Revolution✨ with @andyburnham.bsky.social @allymcgovern.bsky.social, @localtrust.org.uk' Rachel Rowney & Big Local's Jack Burkinshaw. Chaired by our @zoebillingham.bsky.social
#LC25 #IPPRfringe #devolution
#LC25 #IPPRfringe #devolution
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As the “Devo Bill” makes its way through Parliament, it’s very welcome that @labourtogether.bsky.social @jpspencer.bsky.social are calling for it to go further on fiscal devolution, powers over public services & reform to the Lords. static1.squarespace.com/static/64f70...
September 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
As the “Devo Bill” makes its way through Parliament, it’s very welcome that @labourtogether.bsky.social @jpspencer.bsky.social are calling for it to go further on fiscal devolution, powers over public services & reform to the Lords. static1.squarespace.com/static/64f70...
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Today I had the privilege of speaking on behalf of @ipprnorth.bsky.social on a panel chaired by Youth Futures Foundation's Anna Round. Was great to be in Sunderland, with fellow northerners talking about such an important topic....
September 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today I had the privilege of speaking on behalf of @ipprnorth.bsky.social on a panel chaired by Youth Futures Foundation's Anna Round. Was great to be in Sunderland, with fellow northerners talking about such an important topic....
📺Yesterday our @zoebillingham.bsky.social addressed the devolution bill committee.
👀Scrutiny is vital to the future of devolution. Local and mayoral accounts committees are essential for strengthening accountability and enabling further devolution of power and resources.
Watch her here: 👇
👀Scrutiny is vital to the future of devolution. Local and mayoral accounts committees are essential for strengthening accountability and enabling further devolution of power and resources.
Watch her here: 👇
September 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
📺Yesterday our @zoebillingham.bsky.social addressed the devolution bill committee.
👀Scrutiny is vital to the future of devolution. Local and mayoral accounts committees are essential for strengthening accountability and enabling further devolution of power and resources.
Watch her here: 👇
👀Scrutiny is vital to the future of devolution. Local and mayoral accounts committees are essential for strengthening accountability and enabling further devolution of power and resources.
Watch her here: 👇
And that's a wrap 🌯👀👏
Big thanks to all our panellists!
And of course our very own chair Marcus
#SMCommission #socialmobility
Big thanks to all our panellists!
And of course our very own chair Marcus
#SMCommission #socialmobility
September 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And that's a wrap 🌯👀👏
Big thanks to all our panellists!
And of course our very own chair Marcus
#SMCommission #socialmobility
Big thanks to all our panellists!
And of course our very own chair Marcus
#SMCommission #socialmobility
Our @youthfocusnw.bsky.social reps:
"what we consider as relative and absolute poverty is already too high a bar. So many people are in poverty who don't meet these categories, and therefore don't get the help they actually need"
"what we consider as relative and absolute poverty is already too high a bar. So many people are in poverty who don't meet these categories, and therefore don't get the help they actually need"
A fab passionate panel 👏
Terri White: "There are families who have been left to sink and nobody cares. We need to humanise this again. Everything should be about poverty prevention - not after we've plugged millions of children already in it."
#socialmobility #SMCommission
Terri White: "There are families who have been left to sink and nobody cares. We need to humanise this again. Everything should be about poverty prevention - not after we've plugged millions of children already in it."
#socialmobility #SMCommission
And we're also hearing from Anna Round from the Youth Futures Foundation:
- Talking data outcomes and how we evaluate success and programmes that aim to achieve positive social change.
-Political cycles are much shorter than the time it takes to build long term robust policies & frameworks
- Talking data outcomes and how we evaluate success and programmes that aim to achieve positive social change.
-Political cycles are much shorter than the time it takes to build long term robust policies & frameworks
September 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Our @youthfocusnw.bsky.social reps:
"what we consider as relative and absolute poverty is already too high a bar. So many people are in poverty who don't meet these categories, and therefore don't get the help they actually need"
"what we consider as relative and absolute poverty is already too high a bar. So many people are in poverty who don't meet these categories, and therefore don't get the help they actually need"
A fab passionate panel 👏
Terri White: "There are families who have been left to sink and nobody cares. We need to humanise this again. Everything should be about poverty prevention - not after we've plugged millions of children already in it."
#socialmobility #SMCommission
Terri White: "There are families who have been left to sink and nobody cares. We need to humanise this again. Everything should be about poverty prevention - not after we've plugged millions of children already in it."
#socialmobility #SMCommission
And we're also hearing from Anna Round from the Youth Futures Foundation:
- Talking data outcomes and how we evaluate success and programmes that aim to achieve positive social change.
-Political cycles are much shorter than the time it takes to build long term robust policies & frameworks
- Talking data outcomes and how we evaluate success and programmes that aim to achieve positive social change.
-Political cycles are much shorter than the time it takes to build long term robust policies & frameworks
September 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A fab passionate panel 👏
Terri White: "There are families who have been left to sink and nobody cares. We need to humanise this again. Everything should be about poverty prevention - not after we've plugged millions of children already in it."
#socialmobility #SMCommission
Terri White: "There are families who have been left to sink and nobody cares. We need to humanise this again. Everything should be about poverty prevention - not after we've plugged millions of children already in it."
#socialmobility #SMCommission
And we're also hearing from Anna Round from the Youth Futures Foundation:
- Talking data outcomes and how we evaluate success and programmes that aim to achieve positive social change.
-Political cycles are much shorter than the time it takes to build long term robust policies & frameworks
- Talking data outcomes and how we evaluate success and programmes that aim to achieve positive social change.
-Political cycles are much shorter than the time it takes to build long term robust policies & frameworks
September 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
And we're also hearing from Anna Round from the Youth Futures Foundation:
- Talking data outcomes and how we evaluate success and programmes that aim to achieve positive social change.
-Political cycles are much shorter than the time it takes to build long term robust policies & frameworks
- Talking data outcomes and how we evaluate success and programmes that aim to achieve positive social change.
-Political cycles are much shorter than the time it takes to build long term robust policies & frameworks
Great point raised of the failure of the system of expecting young people to reach out and put their voices out +
Often these are people who are already in a privileged position to be able to do this.
Instead institutions must reach out TO young people, especially those whose voices aren't heard.
Often these are people who are already in a privileged position to be able to do this.
Instead institutions must reach out TO young people, especially those whose voices aren't heard.
We've got two fab young representatives from @youthfocusnw.bsky.social, Erin and Amy. When asked, do you feel young people are being listened to by Whitehall?
"The short answer is no, the long answer is not at all"
"The short answer is no, the long answer is not at all"
September 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Great point raised of the failure of the system of expecting young people to reach out and put their voices out +
Often these are people who are already in a privileged position to be able to do this.
Instead institutions must reach out TO young people, especially those whose voices aren't heard.
Often these are people who are already in a privileged position to be able to do this.
Instead institutions must reach out TO young people, especially those whose voices aren't heard.
We've got two fab young representatives from @youthfocusnw.bsky.social, Erin and Amy. When asked, do you feel young people are being listened to by Whitehall?
"The short answer is no, the long answer is not at all"
"The short answer is no, the long answer is not at all"
September 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We've got two fab young representatives from @youthfocusnw.bsky.social, Erin and Amy. When asked, do you feel young people are being listened to by Whitehall?
"The short answer is no, the long answer is not at all"
"The short answer is no, the long answer is not at all"
Professor Katy Shaw discussing culture & devolution, and asking how do we measure change in short mayoral terms?
Hot take?: Good examples of #devolution are not being shared.
Hot take?: Good examples of #devolution are not being shared.
September 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Professor Katy Shaw discussing culture & devolution, and asking how do we measure change in short mayoral terms?
Hot take?: Good examples of #devolution are not being shared.
Hot take?: Good examples of #devolution are not being shared.
Ryan Henson of the Social Mobility Commission asking "what's fair for children in the country?", and outlining how poverty in geographical areas has been overlooked by policy makers.
September 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ryan Henson of the Social Mobility Commission asking "what's fair for children in the country?", and outlining how poverty in geographical areas has been overlooked by policy makers.
We've also got @hannahdavies.bsky.social of @healthequitynorth.bsky.social talking about disproportionate welfare cuts under austerity years in the North, and how tackling child poverty and increasing child outcomes is already harder starting from a much lower baseline.
September 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We've also got @hannahdavies.bsky.social of @healthequitynorth.bsky.social talking about disproportionate welfare cuts under austerity years in the North, and how tackling child poverty and increasing child outcomes is already harder starting from a much lower baseline.
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Journalist & documentarian Terri White talks how the Two Child Limit is deeply problematic and misogynistic, and how it disproportionately impacts families and children in the North.
September 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Journalist & documentarian Terri White talks how the Two Child Limit is deeply problematic and misogynistic, and how it disproportionately impacts families and children in the North.
Journalist & documentarian Terri White talks how the Two Child Limit is deeply problematic and misogynistic, and how it disproportionately impacts families and children in the North.
September 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Journalist & documentarian Terri White talks how the Two Child Limit is deeply problematic and misogynistic, and how it disproportionately impacts families and children in the North.
And we're off... Follow this thread!
September 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
And we're off... Follow this thread!
Again - if you're unable to make it to our panel - you can still get our thoughts in our report here...
And on that note...
If you haven't managed to score a ticket but want to know: 1️⃣What we'll be talking about
2️⃣How we can deliver better outcomes for young people in the North
Then you can read our State of the North 2025 report 'The Kids Aren't Alright' here 👇👇👇
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
If you haven't managed to score a ticket but want to know: 1️⃣What we'll be talking about
2️⃣How we can deliver better outcomes for young people in the North
Then you can read our State of the North 2025 report 'The Kids Aren't Alright' here 👇👇👇
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
State of the North 2025 - The kids aren't alright: How to deliver for young people in the North | IPPR
This is a pivotal moment for young people. The current generation of young people (Gen Z) has grown up in extremely challenging circumstances. Many are see
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September 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Again - if you're unable to make it to our panel - you can still get our thoughts in our report here...
TODAY'S THE DAY! ✨
Looking forward to seeing everyone and having a fruitful discussion about how The Kid's (sadly) Aren't Alright
Looking forward to seeing everyone and having a fruitful discussion about how The Kid's (sadly) Aren't Alright
📢 We're hosting a fringe event on how to deliver for young northerners, at the Social Mobility Commission's Manchester symposium
🌟 Feat: @hannahdavies.bsky.social | Ryan Henson | Anna Round | Katy Shaw | Terri White | @youthfocusnw.bsky.social | @ryanswift93.bsky.social
🔗 ippr.org/events/the-k...
🌟 Feat: @hannahdavies.bsky.social | Ryan Henson | Anna Round | Katy Shaw | Terri White | @youthfocusnw.bsky.social | @ryanswift93.bsky.social
🔗 ippr.org/events/the-k...
September 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
TODAY'S THE DAY! ✨
Looking forward to seeing everyone and having a fruitful discussion about how The Kid's (sadly) Aren't Alright
Looking forward to seeing everyone and having a fruitful discussion about how The Kid's (sadly) Aren't Alright
Not long now! We're looking forward to hosting our fringe event at the Social Mobility Commission's symposium
in Manchester on Monday. Hope you've got your tickets!👀
in Manchester on Monday. Hope you've got your tickets!👀
📢 We're hosting a fringe event on how to deliver for young northerners, at the Social Mobility Commission's Manchester symposium
🌟 Feat: @hannahdavies.bsky.social | Ryan Henson | Anna Round | Katy Shaw | Terri White | @youthfocusnw.bsky.social | @ryanswift93.bsky.social
🔗 ippr.org/events/the-k...
🌟 Feat: @hannahdavies.bsky.social | Ryan Henson | Anna Round | Katy Shaw | Terri White | @youthfocusnw.bsky.social | @ryanswift93.bsky.social
🔗 ippr.org/events/the-k...
September 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Not long now! We're looking forward to hosting our fringe event at the Social Mobility Commission's symposium
in Manchester on Monday. Hope you've got your tickets!👀
in Manchester on Monday. Hope you've got your tickets!👀