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The '''Institute for Public Policy Research''' (IPPR)is a UK think tank with links to the [[Labour Party]]. It describes itself as "progressive".
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The '''Institute for Public Policy Research''' (IPPR) is a [[UK]]-registered charity and think tank with links to the [[Labour Party]]. It describes itself as "progressive" and engages with the public, with opinion formers, and policymakers and politicians of all parties and none.<ref>''[https://www.ippr.org/about "IPPR - About Us"]''</ref>
  
The IPPR is organizing an extensive series of fringe events at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]], in association with the television station [[Channel 4]] <ref> Institute for Public Policy Research Website[http://www.ippr.org/brighton2004/ Brighton 2004]Last Accessed 9th June 2007.</ref>
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The [[IPPR]] organised an extensive series of fringe events at the 2004 [[Labour Party]] conference, in association with the television station [[Channel 4]].<ref>''[http://www.ippr.org/brighton2004/ "Brighton 2004"]''</ref>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
According to the IPPR website, the organisation was "founded by Lord Hollick who developed the idea for an independent progressive think tank in 1986." <ref>Institute for Public Policy Research Website [http://www.ippr.org.uk/about/ About Us] Last Accessed June 9th 2007</ref>
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According to the [[IPPR]] website, the organisation was "founded by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Hollick,_Baron_Hollick Lord Hollick] who developed the idea for an independent progressive think tank in 1986. With John Eatwell, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Hollick,_Baron_Hollick Lord Hollick] spent two years establishing the institute, which was publicly launched in 1988."{{QB|Tessa Blackstone was IPPR’s first chair and the late James Cornford its first director. One of IPPR’s first reports recommended congestion charging for London, and the organisation has had real and continuing impact on policy at a national and local level ever since.
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In the early 1990s, IPPR published the highly influential report of the Commission on Social Justice, chaired by Sir Gordon Borrie and its then deputy director, Patricia Hewitt. The report laid out an ambitious agenda of social policy reform that had a lasting impact on public policy debates.
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During the late 1990s and early 2000s, IPPR led thinking on devolution, elected mayors, family-friendly working, asset-based welfare, and public service reform. IPPR North was established in 2004, with an office opening in Newcastle; a second office was opened in Manchester in 2012.
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IPPR won the prestigious Prospect Think Tank of the Year award in 2001 and in 2007 became the first repeat winner. In the late 2000s, IPPR published the findings of the influential Commission on National Security for the 21st Century, chaired by Paddy Ashdown and George Robertson.
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In 2009, IPPR won the Green Think Tank of the year award for our groundbreaking work on climate change; in 2014, it won the Social Policy Think Tank of the Year award in recognition of the wide influence achieved by its landmark report, The Condition of Britain; and in 2015, IPPR won the Energy and Climate Change Think Tank of the Year award.
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Later that year, in the wake of Scotland’s 2014 independence referendum and the transfer of new powers to the Scottish parliament, came the launch of IPPR Scotland, a new dedicated think tank for Scotland, based in Edinburgh.
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In autumn 2016, IPPR established the landmark Commission on Economic Justice to examine the challenges facing the economy. The two-year inquiry brought together leading figures from business, trade unions and civil society, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the City of London Corporation and the general secretary of the TUC. The commissioners’ first meeting was held in 10 Downing Street.
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The Commission reported in autumn 2018 and achieved broad support and media coverage for its bold proposals to fundamentally reform the UK economy. The work of the Commission is being continued and broadened by the Centre for Economic Justice – launched in early 2019.
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In 2019, the year of mass climate protests around the world, IPPR was named Environment and Science think tank of the year for its work exposing the extent of global environmental breakdown. In the spring IPPR launched the cross-party Environmental Justice Commission to respond the climate crisis and put forward a Green New Deal plan for the UK.<ref>''[http://www.ippr.org/about/history "History of the IPPR"]''</ref>}}
  
 
==Personnel==
 
==Personnel==
 
===IPPR Trustees===
 
===IPPR Trustees===
*[[Chris Powell]] - Chairman
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*[[Jess Search]] - Chair of Trustees
*[[Jeremy Hardie]] - Treasurer - also chairman of [[Opendemocracy]], and of WH Smith
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*[[Kenneth Barclay]] - Trustee
*[[Chai Patel]] - Secretary
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*[[Ulele Burnham]] - Trustee
*[[Kumar Bhattacharyya]] - former adviser to Thatcher [http://www.kkbooks.com/kumar%20bhattachrayya.html]
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*[[John Eatwell]] - Trustee
*[[Lord Brooke]] - formed TUC general council member
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*[[Beth Farhat]] - Regional Secretary of the Northern TUC and IPPR Trustee
*[[Lord Eatwell]] - former advisor to Neil Kinnock
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Hollick,_Baron_Hollick Clive Hollick - Trustee]
*[[Bob Gavron|Lord Gavron]] (ex of [[Nicky Gavron]]), and ex-chair of the [[Guardian]]
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*[[Mariana Mazzucato]] - Trustee
*[[Chris Gibson-Smith]] - has been chair of London Stock Exchange, and the National Air Traffic Servives
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*[[Boaz Moselle]] - Trustee
*[[Anthony Giddens]] - from the LSE
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*[[Donald Peck]] - Trustee
*Lord [[Clive Hollick]] - of [[United News and Media]]
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*[[Naresh Ramchandani]] - Trustee
*[[Jane Humphries]] - historian from Oxford
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*[[Alison Suttie]] - Trustee<ref>''[https://www.ippr.org/about/people/trustees/ "IPPR Trutees"]''</ref>
*[[Roger Jowell]] - from [[National Centre for Social Research]], [[Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends]] - another LSE person
 
*[[Neil Kinnock]] - former Labour leader
 
*[[Richard Lambert]] - former editor of the Financial Times
 
*[[David Marquand]] - from oxford university
 
*[[Frances O'Grady]] - deputy sec general of TUC
 
*[[Michael Perry]]
 
*[[David Pitt-Watson]] - managing director of various financial etc companies
 
*[[Dave Prentis]] - secretary general of Unisom
 
*(Lord) [[David Puttnam]] - filmmaker?
 
*[[Martin Rees]] - the Astronomer Royal
 
*[[Jan Royall]] - head of the European Commission Office in Wales, former aide to Kinnock
 
*[[Ed Sweeney]] -
 
*[[Shirley Williams]]
 
*[[Barbara Scott Young|Baroness Young of Old Scone]]
 
  
==Staff==
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==Leadership team==
*[[Carey Oppenheim]] - co-director<ref>[http://www.ippr.org/aboutippr/staff/?id=2875 IPPR: staff]</ref>
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*[[Carys Roberts]] - Executive Director
*[[Lisa Harker]] - co-director
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*[[Phoebe Griffith]] - Deputy Director
*[[Ian Kearns]] - Deputy Chair of ippr's Security Commission
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*[[Russell Gunson]] - Director, IPPR Scotland
*[[Danny Sriskandarajah]] - Director of Research Strategy, Head of Migration, Equalities & Citizenship
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*[[Sarah Longlands]] - Director, IPPR North
*[[Kate Stanley]] - Acting Deputy Director and Head of Social Policy
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*[[Kinga Simony]] - Director of Finance and Operations
*[[Sue Stirling]] Director, ippr north
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*[[David Wastell]] - Head of News and Communications<ref>''[https://www.ippr.org/about/people/staff/ "Leadership team"]''</ref>
*[[Jane Smith]] Director of Finance and Operations
 
*[[Olga Mrinska]] Research Director, ippr north
 
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
In 2006, [[Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited]] MSD agreed to partner with the IPPR on a project examining what the NHS might look like after 2008<ref>MSD UK [http://www.msd-uk.co.uk/content/corporate/about/ippr.html Institute for Public Policy Research - Alliances/Third Party Support] Accessed 12th December 2007</ref>.
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In 2006, [[Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited]] MSD agreed to partner with the [[IPPR]] on a project examining what the [[NHS]] might look like after 2008<ref>MSD UK ''[https://www.msd-uk.com/partnerships/partnerships.xhtml "Institute for Public Policy Research - Alliances/Third Party Support"]''</ref>.
  
The MSD website report the 'background to the project is that, whereas in 2002 the government began the process of providing significant extra resources to the NHS, come 2008 the rate of growth of this spending is certain to fall. This project will therefore put forward proposals on how a sustainable health system which commands high levels of public support may be developed after 2008'.
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The MSD website reports the 'background to the project is that, whereas in 2002 the government began the process of providing significant extra resources to the NHS, come 2008 the rate of growth of this spending is certain to fall. This project will therefore put forward proposals on how a sustainable health system which commands high levels of public support may be developed after 2008'.
  
 
MSD go on to add that 'MSD has previously worked closely with the IPPR on a number of projects. This has included supporting the development of a number of independent research projects, and joining several other corporate sponsors in supporting conferences and fringe events'. However they do not give more detailed information of their involvement or of what form it took.
 
MSD go on to add that 'MSD has previously worked closely with the IPPR on a number of projects. This has included supporting the development of a number of independent research projects, and joining several other corporate sponsors in supporting conferences and fringe events'. However they do not give more detailed information of their involvement or of what form it took.
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*Institute for Public Policy Research Website [http://www.ippr.org.uk/ Home Page] Last Accessed 9th June 2007.
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*Institute for Public Policy Research Website [http://www.ippr.org/ Home Page]
 
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==References==
 
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[[Category: Water]]

Latest revision as of 15:29, 23 August 2020

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The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a UK-registered charity and think tank with links to the Labour Party. It describes itself as "progressive" and engages with the public, with opinion formers, and policymakers and politicians of all parties and none.[1]

The IPPR organised an extensive series of fringe events at the 2004 Labour Party conference, in association with the television station Channel 4.[2]

History

According to the IPPR website, the organisation was "founded by Lord Hollick who developed the idea for an independent progressive think tank in 1986. With John Eatwell, Lord Hollick spent two years establishing the institute, which was publicly launched in 1988."

Tessa Blackstone was IPPR’s first chair and the late James Cornford its first director. One of IPPR’s first reports recommended congestion charging for London, and the organisation has had real and continuing impact on policy at a national and local level ever since.

In the early 1990s, IPPR published the highly influential report of the Commission on Social Justice, chaired by Sir Gordon Borrie and its then deputy director, Patricia Hewitt. The report laid out an ambitious agenda of social policy reform that had a lasting impact on public policy debates.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, IPPR led thinking on devolution, elected mayors, family-friendly working, asset-based welfare, and public service reform. IPPR North was established in 2004, with an office opening in Newcastle; a second office was opened in Manchester in 2012.

IPPR won the prestigious Prospect Think Tank of the Year award in 2001 and in 2007 became the first repeat winner. In the late 2000s, IPPR published the findings of the influential Commission on National Security for the 21st Century, chaired by Paddy Ashdown and George Robertson.

In 2009, IPPR won the Green Think Tank of the year award for our groundbreaking work on climate change; in 2014, it won the Social Policy Think Tank of the Year award in recognition of the wide influence achieved by its landmark report, The Condition of Britain; and in 2015, IPPR won the Energy and Climate Change Think Tank of the Year award.

Later that year, in the wake of Scotland’s 2014 independence referendum and the transfer of new powers to the Scottish parliament, came the launch of IPPR Scotland, a new dedicated think tank for Scotland, based in Edinburgh.

In autumn 2016, IPPR established the landmark Commission on Economic Justice to examine the challenges facing the economy. The two-year inquiry brought together leading figures from business, trade unions and civil society, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the City of London Corporation and the general secretary of the TUC. The commissioners’ first meeting was held in 10 Downing Street.

The Commission reported in autumn 2018 and achieved broad support and media coverage for its bold proposals to fundamentally reform the UK economy. The work of the Commission is being continued and broadened by the Centre for Economic Justice – launched in early 2019.

In 2019, the year of mass climate protests around the world, IPPR was named Environment and Science think tank of the year for its work exposing the extent of global environmental breakdown. In the spring IPPR launched the cross-party Environmental Justice Commission to respond the climate crisis and put forward a Green New Deal plan for the UK.[3]

Personnel

IPPR Trustees

Leadership team

Affiliations

In 2006, Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited MSD agreed to partner with the IPPR on a project examining what the NHS might look like after 2008[6].

The MSD website reports the 'background to the project is that, whereas in 2002 the government began the process of providing significant extra resources to the NHS, come 2008 the rate of growth of this spending is certain to fall. This project will therefore put forward proposals on how a sustainable health system which commands high levels of public support may be developed after 2008'.

MSD go on to add that 'MSD has previously worked closely with the IPPR on a number of projects. This has included supporting the development of a number of independent research projects, and joining several other corporate sponsors in supporting conferences and fringe events'. However they do not give more detailed information of their involvement or of what form it took.

External Links

  • Institute for Public Policy Research Website Home Page

 

Employee on Wikispooks

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Lewis GoodallResearcherJuly 2011September 2012

 

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