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
- Joe Dromey is a senior research fellow
Articles
- Junn.06.2018: You know who deserves more help from UK.gov? Startup investors, say policy wonks. It's almost like nobody's heard of Innovate UK. Sam Dumitriu, head of research at the Adam Smith Institute, a free market think tank very much on the opposite side of the political spectrum to the IPPR, told The Register: "This proposal boils down to: civil servants are a better judge of startups than venture capitalists." Gareth Corfield, The Register.
- 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
- Dec.04.1998: The wonks are coming of age. Rarely have think-tanks had such an opportunity to influence policy. At the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) meanwhile, a new Blairite director has recently been appointed to replace Gerry Holtham, a clever, Eeyorish man, who resigned in June to re-seek his fortune in the city. Early applicants received a quickie interview, taking less time than it would to hire a new secretary. A shortlist of three was drawn up. Then nothing for a month. Candidates waited for the second round. It never came. In October, Matthew Taylor was anointed. Taylor is seen by many as an Identikit Blairite: shorn hair, sharp suit and quivering bleeper. He has the CV to support the image: assistant general secretary of the Labour Party and director of policy during the election. It is a whispered secret that he was offered a post inside No 10. Matthew Taylor, however, is keen to move the IPPR to the heart of political debate; he wants to shift the focus away from micro-policy on to bigger-picture projects, such as new technology, and to raise the institute's media profile. The danger, as Eamonn Butler of the pro-free market Adam Smith Institute sees it, is that the IPPR will go the way of the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS). "It became so close to the govt that it in effect became part of the Number 10 Policy Unit and disappeared." Caroline Daniel, New Statesman.