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Young people and savings: Polling results
The polling reported here provides an opportunity to examine the attitudes young people have towards their future, looking at their expectations with regards to standards of living, home ownership and careers.
Beyond bricks and mortar boards: universities’ role in building regional economies
This report explores the opportunities for universities to contribute more to their local economy in the new economic development landscape. Wider changes could present an opportunity for universities to increase their influence and impact on their local economy, but universities are also facing financial uncertainty.
Launching the third wave: Memo from Davos, February 2012
Will Straw summarises the discussion and debate that unfolded at the high-level breakfast event held at the World Economic Forum in Davos to launch The third wave of globalisation, IPPR's major new report.
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Designing a Life-Course Savings Account: How to help low-to-middle income families save more
This paper reports the results of research designed to identify the features of a savings account that would appeal particularly to low-to-middle income families while also being viable for financial service providers.
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IPPR's Laura Bradley calls for government to help improve attitudes to savings
Following the release of the latest IPPR report on young people and savings, Laura Bradley argues that there is a 'huge difference between what they [young people] think they need compared to what they actually need' and calls for a government response.
The UK launch of 'The third wave of globalisation'
At the UK launch of the recent IPPR report The third wave of globalisation Lord Mandelson and Gerard Lyons of Standard Chartered discuss how we are now experiencing the third wave of globalistion, or as Gerard Lyons put it 'the third supercycle'.
Lord Mandelson argues that globalisation has to be supported by 'smart policies'
Lord Mandelson, alongside economist Joseph Stiglitz, speaks to Reuters TV following the release of the latest IPPR report on globalisation. He argues that 'people need smart policies that enable them to be reskilled, to adapt and to stimulate innovation'.
John Denham calls for a 'radical devolution of decision-making' in England
Following the release of the latest IPPR report on Englishness, John Denham calls for a 'radical devolution within England ... in which decisions on the health service, policing and education are taken at the devolved level' to help bring about 'an English dimension to decision-making'.
BBC Trust chair announces pullback on cuts to local radio and TV
Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention, Chris Patten said the trust had asked BBC management to rethink plans for regional content and services.
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Perhaps no one in the twentieth century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. Pragmatic yet disciplined he was the driving force behind China's radical transformation in the late twentieth century from a chaotic, closed country to a powerful international force.
Keynote speech by Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In a major economic speech, Ms Reeves will examine the challenges of deficit reduction and fiscal responsibility, addressing the performance of the current coalition government and setting out principles for Labour’s alternative approach.
The ‘democratic deficit’ and reform of the EU’s machinery with Jack Straw
The next event in our series of high-level seminars exploring what the future holds for the European project, and Britain’s engagement within it, in light of the ongoing economic and political dislocations at the heart of the European Union.
Keynote speech by Liz Kendall MP, Shadow Minister for Care and Older People
Ms Kendall will argue that care for older people should be at the heart of a reformed welfare state.
The cost of inequality: Three decades of the super rich and the economy
High pay has hardly left the news this year, with leaders from all political parties calling for excessive pay to be reigned in. This seminar will delve behind the headlines - exploring what led to the growth of the super-rich and what can be done about it.
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