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h-accessibility">Email</dt><dd class="c-staff-block__value c-staff-block__email"><a href="mailto:s.tatke@ippr.org">s.tatke@ippr.org</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div><div id="block-32196" class="o-block o-text o-text-block o-grid__item h-colstart--1 h-colend--9 h-phone-colstart--1 h-phone-colend--13 has-h-col o-block--row-3" data-block='["contactList"]'><h2>Latest press releases</h2></div></section><section class="o-grid"><h2 class="h-accessibility">List of press Articles</h2><ol class="o-grid__item o-grid o-grid--contained o-list"><li class="o-grid__item o-block h-colspan--321"><a href="https://www.ippr.org/media-office/first-of-its-kind-analysis-of-more-than-3-000-uk-ai-firms-finds-industry-lacks-purpose" target="_self" class="c-media c-media--link c-media--press"><div class="c-media__image"><div class="o-image" style="--intrinsic-width:725px"><img class="o-image__img" src="https://ippr-org.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Placeholders/placeholder-4.png?w=725&h=413&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1702910981&s=fd4825440f30bc657d15a98b1199d377" width="725" height="413" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" alt="" ></div></div><h3 class="c-media__title "> First-of-its-kind analysis of more than 3,000 UK AI firms finds industry lacks purpose </h3><time class="c-media__datetime "> 9 April 2025 </time></a></li><li class="o-grid__item o-block h-colspan--321"><a href="https://www.ippr.org/media-office/revealed-around-25-000-uk-jobs-at-risk-due-to-trumps-car-import-tariffs-finds-ippr" target="_self" class="c-media c-media--link c-media--press"><div class="c-media__image"><div class="o-image" style="--intrinsic-width:725px"><img class="o-image__img" src="https://ippr-org.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Placeholders/placeholder-3.png?w=725&h=413&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1702910975&s=9ede727c16949ea71cf91062d9cdb290" width="725" height="413" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" alt="" ></div></div><h3 class="c-media__title "> Revealed: Around 25,000 UK jobs at risk due to Trump’s car import tariffs, finds IPPR </h3><time class="c-media__datetime "> 2 April 2025 </time></a></li><li class="o-grid__item o-block h-colspan--321"><a href="https://www.ippr.org/media-office/leading-think-tank-for-the-north-reacts-to-transport-funding-announcement" target="_self" class="c-media c-media--link c-media--press"><div class="c-media__image"><div class="o-image" style="--intrinsic-width:725px"><img class="o-image__img" src="https://ippr-org.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Placeholders/placeholder-2.png?w=725&h=413&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1702910980&s=33f67d8ccee9b243ba93ca03ba08a6a1" width="725" height="413" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" alt="" ></div></div><h3 class="c-media__title "> Leading think tank for the North reacts to transport funding announcement </h3><time class="c-media__datetime "> 28 March 2025 </time></a></li><li class="o-grid__item o-block h-colspan--321"><a href="https://www.ippr.org/media-office/ippr-scotland-responds-to-scottish-governments-child-poverty-statistics" target="_self" class="c-media c-media--link c-media--press"><div class="c-media__image"><div class="o-image" style="--intrinsic-width:725px"><img class="o-image__img" src="https://ippr-org.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Placeholders/placeholder-5.png?w=725&h=413&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1702910978&s=fc4b9a7ce351547cd7f9e74ee4c03b70" width="725" height="413" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" alt="" ></div></div><h3 class="c-media__title "> IPPR Scotland responds to Scottish government’s child poverty statistics </h3><time class="c-media__datetime "> 27 March 2025 </time></a></li><li class="o-grid__item o-block h-colspan--321"><a href="https://www.ippr.org/media-office/ippr-scotland-responds-to-uk-governments-spring-statement" target="_self" class="c-media c-media--link c-media--press"><div class="c-media__image"><div class="o-image" style="--intrinsic-width:725px"><img class="o-image__img" src="https://ippr-org.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Placeholders/placeholder-3.png?w=725&h=413&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1702910975&s=9ede727c16949ea71cf91062d9cdb290" width="725" height="413" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" alt="" ></div></div><h3 class="c-media__title "> IPPR Scotland responds to UK government’s spring statement </h3><time class="c-media__datetime "> 26 March 2025 </time></a></li><li class="o-grid__item o-block h-colspan--321"><a href="https://www.ippr.org/media-office/ippr-north-responds-to-the-spring-statement-2" target="_self" class="c-media c-media--link c-media--press"><div class="c-media__image"><div class="o-image" style="--intrinsic-width:725px"><img class="o-image__img" src="https://ippr-org.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Placeholders/placeholder-2.png?w=725&h=413&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1702910980&s=33f67d8ccee9b243ba93ca03ba08a6a1" width="725" height="413" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" alt="" ></div></div><h3 class="c-media__title "> IPPR North responds to the Spring Statement </h3><time class="c-media__datetime "> 26 March 2025 </time></a></li><li class="o-grid__item o-block h-colspan--321"><a href="https://www.ippr.org/media-office/todays-spring-statement-wont-avert-the-need-to-talk-about-tax-says-ippr" target="_self" class="c-media c-media--link c-media--press"><div class="c-media__image"><div class="o-image" style="--intrinsic-width:725px"><img class="o-image__img" src="https://ippr-org.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Placeholders/placeholder-4.png?w=725&h=413&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1702910981&s=fd4825440f30bc657d15a98b1199d377" width="725" height="413" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" alt="" ></div></div><h3 class="c-media__title "> Today’s spring statement won’t avert the need to talk about tax, says IPPR </h3><time class="c-media__datetime "> 26 March 2025 </time></a></li><li class="o-grid__item o-block h-colspan--321"><a 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