Institute for Public Policy Research
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Public_Policy_Research
- http://www.ippr.org/
- The IPPR rose out of the ashes of Labour's 1987 election defeat, aiming to invigorate leftwing thinking, https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/sep/30/list-thinktanks-uk
Articles
- Jun.30.2002: Labour face 'cash for access' claims over think-tanks. An Observer reporter posing as a potential donor approached a number of think-tanks with close connections to govt. Tony Blair's favourite, the highly influential Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), boasted to the "potential US donor" of its 'very strong links' with the Department of Trade and Industry. ... "Patricia Hewitt [Trade Secretary] used to be a director of IPPR (and her special adviser Jim Godfrey used to work here too". In an email, IPPR's corporate fund-raiser Clare Rickinson listed recent breakfast meetings for core donors involving Education Minister Estelle Morris, former Transport Minister Stephen Byers and VP of the European Commission Neil Kinnock. The IPPR's core donors include Astra Zeneca, BP, BT, KPMG and Nomura. The last 3 were all backers of the IPPR report which supported the much-criticised Public Private Partnerships - a key plank in New Labour's policy. However, Matthew Taylor, head of IPPR, angrily rejected the claims. The Foreign Policy Centre, whose patron is Tony Blair, also promised the US company potential access to Ministers. The FPC's Rachel Briggs said it had 'very close links with the Foreign Office, Cabinet Office and Home Office'. Another think-tank offering access was the Social Market Foundation. It has been transformed into one of the most Blairite think-tanks, and is now chaired by Labour peer Lord Lipsey. ... also the Fabian Society. Its 'health policy forum', launched by Health Secretary Alan Milburn, is sponsored by pharmaceutical company Aventis. Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker said: "This is cash for access writ large. It is quite clear to me that Ministers and these organisations are prostituting themselves to gain advantages for the party but are using the smokescreen of a think-tank to avoid detection." The Observer, Antony Barnett, Solomon Hughes