"You cannot have a situation where, under a Labour government, child poverty numbers just go up and up and up" says @GordonBrown. 🎲 Our proposal to tax gambling companies to pay to cut the two-child limit is "surely the right thing to do" says the former PM and chancellor.

We're hiring!💥 IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy. Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October. https://t.co/0zUtgmYsKO

A privilege, as part of our @IPPR podcast series, to talk to @RoseUnwin about his lived experience of our SEND system, and about his wonderful, life-enhancing book ‘Beautiful Lives’:

I spoke to the London Evening Standard podcast about why, despite ongoing challenges from inflation, unemployment and inactivity, there are signs of strength in the jobs market https://t.co/XVqC2LvaRi

Digital ID will help drag the British state into the 21st century, linking up services and making life easier for citizens — but questions remain over whether it will be a game-changer for tackling illegal working. 📺 @MarleyAMorris on @TalkTV 👇

🚨NEW PODCAST🚨 How do you get more young apprentices into small businesses? @AnnaAmbrose and @KatyDorman discuss two new reports from @ukEdge that set out the barriers facing young people and employers in the apprenticeship system. Listen here: https://t.co/5nPqZD2eC0

No rest for the wicked! After a great run at #SNP25, we are now prepping to host our next event. ➡️10th anniversary conference | Changing Scotland 🕠 October 29, 9.30 am to 5 pm 🎦Lots of exciting panels and speeches. Here's our agenda ⤵️ https://t.co/AFpFyE5He3

💨 Renewables make up 70% of energy generation in Scotland but is that enough? What does GB energy mean for Scotland? This and a lot more at our fringe event that has just begun at #SNP25

‘So what does inclusive education look like in practice?’: my conversation for the latest ⁦@IPPR⁩ ‘Talking Inclusion’ podcast with Amelie Thompson, Director of Inclusion ⁦@GreenshawTrust⁩:

Progressives need to be better at picking fights. But who should they be for, and who should they be against? 🎙️ @DavidLammy shares his views at last week's Global Progress Action Summit 👇

The 'one-in, one-out' pilot is an important starting point for stronger UK-France cooperation on migration and asylum. This proposal finally begins to consider ways to protect some of the refugees living in Calais. 📺 @zoe_billingham on @TalkTV 👇

🩺 | NEW BLOG: Change in the NHS won’t be delivered from Westminster alone, it needs to be built from the ground up. Our latest piece lays out how to turn ambition into action 👇 https://t.co/kyf3owqhBm

What does it mean to be patriotic? 🎙️ @DavidLammy shares his views at last week's Global Progress Action Summit 👇

🎉🎉🎉 Very proud that @pathwithanr and @Lucyhbmort have been nominated for @SmartThinktanks Think Tanker of the Year and Researcher of the Year!

Policy alert: Taking stock: counting the economic costs of alcohol harm @IPPR https://t.co/dilR8jth9Z

📢 We are in Aberdeen this weekend at the SNP conference, hosting three fringe events. A conference pass is required to attend the events. Hope to see you there. Details below ⤵️

The asylum accommodation system is in urgent need of reform. It’s costing far too much while failing to provide people fleeing war and persecution with the safe, clean environments they need. We must decentralise control to regional and local bodies

🎧 New episode of Talking Inclusion! How can local authorities drive real inclusion? @MargaretMulhol2 & Vik Verma from @BristolCouncil talk about Bristol’s journey to build a community-driven SEND system.

A quarter (24 per cent) of workers said they sometimes felt pressured to drink at work when they didn’t want to, rising to 38 per cent among younger employees (aged 18-24). Read more here: https://t.co/4V941fZ8Xx

Workplace drinking culture is hitting productivity — one in three (31%) workers called in sick last year after drinking at work events. Read more here: https://t.co/4V941fZ8Xx

🍻 | NEW REPORT: A quarter of employees feel pressured to drink at work events, and a third have called in sick afterwards. Alcohol consumption isn’t just a health issue — it’s a national economic and productivity problem. Find out more here 👇 https://t.co/4V941fZ8Xx