Marcus Johns
@MarcusIPPR
Senior Research Fellow @IPPRNorth, thinking up bold progressive ideas for the North & England's regions.
Today, @IPPRNorth publishes our 10th annual State of the North - our assessment of regional inequality, focused on the North. England’s regional gaps mean where you live determines whether you have a shorter, sicker, or less fulfilling life. ippr.org/articles/state…
Great to see our @IPPRNorth State of the North findings on regional inequalities in culture funding being picked up by the @yorkshirepost who highlight the important role that culture can play socially and economically across the region. yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…
“Too much power is held in London, and by unelected quangos, where decision makers hold the future of Northern arts in their hands" We have united with North East Mayor and Chair of The Great North @KiMcGuinness to call out our regional culture chasm ⤵️
🚨 Today we publish State of the North 2025 🚨 The North gets just half as much arts and culture funding per person as London. We reveal the impact this & other regional divides have on young people, and what must change 👇 ippr.org/articles/the-k…
Great to see our @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities research profiled by the 2025 State of the North report 👀 Cultural Chasm between SE & the rest of 🇬🇧 can only be closed by cultural #devolution & mandating ALBs to reorientate and work regionally with & within Mayoral areas
🚨 Today we publish State of the North 2025 🚨 The North gets just half as much arts and culture funding per person as London. We reveal the impact this & other regional divides have on young people, and what must change 👇 ippr.org/articles/the-k…
Young people today have endured stagnation and seen opportunity limited. But young people in the North are being hit twice as hard – faced with entrenched regional inequalities. This year’s @IPPRNorth State of the North report focuses on the challenges for young Northerners.
Today I’ve published an intervention @IPPRNorth on visitor levies 🏨 Backed by calls from Mayors like @SouthYorksMayor & @DSkaith, the @yorkshirepost says it puts pressure on Rachel Reeves to hand over the power to Mayors 🧵
📢 Today we publish an intervention - including polling with @Moreincommon_ - showing Brits support visitor levies 💡 Visitor levy devolution could give Mayors & Councils a new tool to invest in their local areas. It's an idea whose time has come 🔗 ippr.org/articles/brito…
It’s here. Read our strategy: gov.uk/government/pub…
Today @RBullockITV covered the issue of how to pay for improving public transport #NorthYorkshire - alongside the govt bus fare cap & funding for a rural franchising pilot at @NP_Partnership we believe a tourism levy on overnight stays could also contribute towards more subsidy
Missed our event this week on the future of buses, with Minister @simonlightwood and Mayor @MetroMayorSteve? Have no fear! You can still get your #BetterBuses policy fix by reading our new research report here ⤵️ ippr.org/articles/en-ro…
We all know how imbalanced our economy is. Yet this shows that public investment policies have actually been entrenching this, by favouring London over everywhere else 🤯 It has to be the other way around! Well done to @IPPRNorth for highlighting this.
Today we lay bare a decade of broken promises as we reveal how the disparity in transport spending between the North & London has ballooned If the North had seen the same transport investment as London under the previous government, it would have received £140bn more