robert richardson Articles from IPPO

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   Policy Responses to Economic Inactivity: Addressing a Cross-Cutting Problem

   November 22, 2023

   • Ka Ka Katie Tsang

   • robert richardson

   • sarah weakley

   Stubbornly high economic inactivity levels are a key contributor to the UK’s challenging economic outlook. IPPO teams at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Glasgow have been gathering evidence on policy responses to economic inactivity.

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   Why Converting Office Space into Flats Won’t Solve the Housing Crisis

   November 14, 2023

   • robert richardson

   Research shows that buildings converted into homes under permitted development rights (PDR) provide significantly worse residential quality, particularly in terms of size, amenity space and location, than homes given full planning permission.

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