Institute for Public Policy Research

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The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) is a think tank in the United Kingdom, with close links to the ruling Labour Party. It was founded in 1988 and people involved in its development included Neil Kinnock, Clive Hollick, Lord Eatwell, Tessa Blackstone and James Cornford. The director of the ippr is Nick Pearce, a former special advisor to the Rt. Hon. David Blunkett MP. The ippr describes itself as UK’s leading independent progressive think tank. The Institute, in addition to its London office, also has an office in Newcastle, known as ippr north. The London office hosts the Centre for Cities, an independent research unit within the organisation. The Institute edits a quarterly journal called Public Policy Research (formerly New Economy), published by Blackwell, which features articles from academics and politicians.

1 Influential research
2 Officers
3 Advisory Council
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Influential research

In the mid-1990s, the ippr was best known for its Commission on Social Justice, which provided the basis for many of the policies of the New Labour government that came to power in 1997, including the New Deal. Child Trust Funds were first conceived by the ippr in 2000, and were subsequently adopted by the government in 2005. ^[1]

In 2005, the ippr published a report mapping recent immigration to the UK, drawing on data from the 2001 Census ^[2] The report received considerable media attention, and was used as the basis for a BBC mini-site called 'Born abroad', on which the result were made available interactively. ^[3]