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Lucy Brown: New page: {{Template: Revolving Door badge}} '''Nick Pearce''' is a former special adviser to the Labour PartyInfo-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A...

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New page: {{Template: Revolving Door badge}} '''Nick Pearce''' is a former special adviser to the Labour Party<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A...

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'''Nick Pearce''' is a former special adviser to the Labour Party<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p10, accessed 20.09.10</ref> and current director of "left-leaning" think-tank the [[Institute for Public Policy Research]] (IPPR).

==Background==

Previously a Research Fellow at IPPR,<ref>Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce, "Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce argue the benefits of a new consumer culture among students", ''The Guardian'', 22.07.97</ref> Pearce was also a Labour Party adviser during Opposition, working for MPs [[David Blunkett]] and [[Ann Taylor]].<ref>Mark Henderson and Adam Sherwin, "Revealed: the whiz-kids who really run Britain", ''The Times'', 09.07.1999</ref>

In August 1998, Pearce returned to the IPPR;<ref>Staff writers, "Wonk's return; Antithesis", ''The Times Higher Educational Supplement'', 21.08.98</ref> but in July 1999, came back to work for the Labour Party. From 1999 to 2001, Pearce was a special adviser in the Department for Education and Employment. He then followed [[David Blunkett]] to the Home Office where he worked from 2001 to 2003.<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p10, accessed 20.09.10</ref>

In September 2003, Pearce returned to the IPPR where he worked as Director until 2007.<ref>Alan Thomson, "Taylor Set To Advise Blair", ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'', 12.09.03</ref>

From 2007 to 2010, Pearce was Head of the Policy Unit at No. 10.<ref>Institute for Public Policy Research, "[http://www.ippr.org.uk/aboutippr/staff/?id=4136 Nick Pearce]", accessed 21.09.10</ref> Describing life in Downing Street under [[Gordon Brown]], Pearce remarked that "There was a year which was frankly awful. Staff morale was not high and it was not the sort of functioning operation that you would want."<ref>David Hughes, "[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/davidhughes/100054621/life-in-downing-street-under-gordon-brown-was-even-worse-than-we-thought/ Life in Downing Street under Gordon Brown was even worse than we thought]", ''The Telegraph'', 21.09.10, accessed 21.09.10</ref>

He rejoined the IPPR in September 2010, replacing former job-sharing co-directors [[Carey Oppenheim]] and [[Lisa Harker]]. Pearce said:
::We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink and renew progressive ideas in this country, and it is my ambition that the IPPR will be at the heart of that process: unashamedly reformist, open and pluralist, but always grounded in strong values and rigorous research.<ref>PAN Staff, "[http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/think-tank-news/news-detail/newsarticle/purnell-and-pearce-to-take-up-top-ippr-roles/45/ Purnell and Pearce to take up top IPPR roles]", ''Public Affairs News'', 29.07.10, accessed 21.09.10</ref>

Pearce is a former Chair of the Advisory Board to the UK Chief Scientist's [[Foresight Progamme]]. He served on the [[Equalities Review]] and the [[Teaching & Learning 2020 Review]]. He is on the board of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects Trust]] and the [[UK-India Roundtable]].<ref>Institute for Public Policy Research, "[http://www.ippr.org.uk/aboutippr/staff/?id=4136 Nick Pearce]", accessed 21.09.10</ref> Pearce studied at Manchester, then Oxford University. He now lives with his wife in South London.<ref>Staff writers, "[http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/nick_pearce/profile.html Nick Pearce]", ''The Guardian'', accessed 21.09.10</ref>

==Contact, Resources, Notes==
===Contact===
Email: n.pearce AT ippr.org<br>
Blog: http://www.ippr.org.uk/Blogs/NickPearce

===Resources===
*[http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/nick-pearce/defining-budget-ii-it-is-simply-incredible-to-call-this-%E2%80%9Cfair%E2%80%9D A 'Defining Budget II: It is simply incredible to call this “fair”', Nick Pearce, ''openDemocracy'', 22 June 2010]
*[http://www.newstatesman.com/200605290011 'Gap between rich and poor narrows', Nick Pearce, ''New Statesman'', 29 May 2006]

===Notes===
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 ===Revolving door: Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Labour===
-Previously a Research Fellow at [[IPPR]],<ref>Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce, "Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce argue the benefits of a new consumer culture among students", ''The Guardian'', 22.07.97</ref> Pearce was also a Labour Party adviser during Opposition when he worked for MPs [[David Blunkett]] and [[Ann Taylor]].<ref>Mark Henderson and Adam Sherwin, "Revealed: the whiz-kids who really run Britain", ''The Times'', 09.07.1999</ref>  As ''Times Education Supplement'' journalist Jon Slater notes, "Relations between the two bodies [IPPR and the Department for Education and Skills] are close enough to allow IPPR research fellows to moonlight in Labour's innovations unit".<ref>Jon Slater, "[http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2118244 Meshed in web of power]", ''Times Education Supplement'', 22.07.05, accessed 21.09.10</ref>
+Previously a Research Fellow at [[IPPR]],<ref>Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce, "Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce argue the benefits of a new consumer culture among students", ''The Guardian'', 22.07.97</ref> Pearce was also a Labour Party adviser during Opposition then the Labour Government when he worked for MPs [[David Blunkett]] and [[Ann Taylor]].<ref>Mark Henderson and Adam Sherwin, "Revealed: the whiz-kids who really run Britain", ''The Times'', 09.07.1999</ref>  As ''Times Education Supplement'' journalist Jon Slater notes, "Relations between the two bodies [IPPR and the Department for Education and Skills] are close enough to allow IPPR research fellows to moonlight in Labour's innovations unit".<ref>Jon Slater, "[http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2118244 Meshed in web of power]", ''Times Education Supplement'', 22.07.05, accessed 21.09.10</ref>
 In August 1998, Pearce returned to the IPPR;<ref>Staff writers, "Wonk's return; Antithesis", ''The Times Higher Educational Supplement'', 21.08.98</ref> but in July 1999, came back to work for the Labour Party.  From 1999 to 2001, Pearce was a special adviser in the Department for Education and Employment.  He then followed [[David Blunkett]] to the Home Office where he worked from 2001 to 2003.<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p10, accessed 20.09.10</ref>

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 ===Revolving door: Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Labour===
-Previously a Research Fellow at [[IPPR]],<ref>Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce, "Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce argue the benefits of a new consumer culture among students", ''The Guardian'', 22.07.97</ref> Pearce was also a Labour Party adviser during Opposition when he worked for MPs [[David Blunkett]] and [[Ann Taylor]].<ref>Mark Henderson and Adam Sherwin, "Revealed: the whiz-kids who really run Britain", ''The Times'', 09.07.1999</ref>  As ''Times Education Supplement'' journalist Jon Slater notes, "Relations between the two bodies [IPPR and the Department for Education and Skills] are close enough to allow IPPR research fellows to moonlight in Labour's innovations unit..."<ref>Jon Slater, "[http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2118244 Meshed in web of power]", ''Times Education Supplement'', 22.07.05, accessed 21.09.10</ref>
+Previously a Research Fellow at [[IPPR]],<ref>Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce, "Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce argue the benefits of a new consumer culture among students", ''The Guardian'', 22.07.97</ref> Pearce was also a Labour Party adviser during Opposition when he worked for MPs [[David Blunkett]] and [[Ann Taylor]].<ref>Mark Henderson and Adam Sherwin, "Revealed: the whiz-kids who really run Britain", ''The Times'', 09.07.1999</ref>  As ''Times Education Supplement'' journalist Jon Slater notes, "Relations between the two bodies [IPPR and the Department for Education and Skills] are close enough to allow IPPR research fellows to moonlight in Labour's innovations unit".<ref>Jon Slater, "[http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2118244 Meshed in web of power]", ''Times Education Supplement'', 22.07.05, accessed 21.09.10</ref>
 In August 1998, Pearce returned to the IPPR;<ref>Staff writers, "Wonk's return; Antithesis", ''The Times Higher Educational Supplement'', 21.08.98</ref> but in July 1999, came back to work for the Labour Party.  From 1999 to 2001, Pearce was a special adviser in the Department for Education and Employment.  He then followed [[David Blunkett]] to the Home Office where he worked from 2001 to 2003.<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p10, accessed 20.09.10</ref>

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 {{Template: Revolving Door badge}}
-'''Nick Pearce''' is a former special adviser to the Labour Party<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p10, accessed 20.09.10</ref> and current director of "left-leaning" think-tank the [[Institute for Public Policy Research]] (IPPR).
+'''Nick Pearce''' is a former special adviser to the [[Labour Party]]<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p10, accessed 20.09.10</ref> and current director of "left-leaning" think-tank the [[Institute for Public Policy Research]] (IPPR).
 ==Background==

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 ==Background==
-Previously a Research Fellow at IPPR,<ref>Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce, "Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce argue the benefits of a new consumer culture among students", ''The Guardian'', 22.07.97</ref> Pearce was also a Labour Party adviser during Opposition when he worked for MPs [[David Blunkett]] and [[Ann Taylor]].<ref>Mark Henderson and Adam Sherwin, "Revealed: the whiz-kids who really run Britain", ''The Times'', 09.07.1999</ref>
+Pearce studied at Manchester, then Oxford University.  He now lives with his wife in South London.<ref>Staff writers, "[http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/nick_pearce/profile.html Nick Pearce]", ''The Guardian'', accessed 21.09.10</ref>  Pearce is a former Chair of the Advisory Board to the UK Chief Scientist's [[Foresight Progamme]].  He served on the [[Equalities Review]] and the [[Teaching & Learning 2020 Review]]. He is on the board of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects Trust]] and the [[UK-India Roundtable]].<ref>Institute for Public Policy Research, "[http://www.ippr.org.uk/aboutippr/staff/?id=4136 Nick Pearce]", accessed 21.09.10</ref>
 In August 1998, Pearce returned to the IPPR;<ref>Staff writers, "Wonk's return; Antithesis", ''The Times Higher Educational Supplement'', 21.08.98</ref> but in July 1999, came back to work for the Labour Party.  From 1999 to 2001, Pearce was a special adviser in the Department for Education and Employment.  He then followed [[David Blunkett]] to the Home Office where he worked from 2001 to 2003.<ref>Info-Dynamics Research, "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government]", ''GMB: April 2006 Briefing'', p10, accessed 20.09.10</ref>
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 He rejoined the IPPR in September 2010, replacing former job-sharing co-directors [[Carey Oppenheim]] and [[Lisa Harker]].  Pearce said:
 ::We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink and renew progressive ideas in this country, and it is my ambition that the IPPR will be at the heart of that process: unashamedly reformist, open and pluralist, but always grounded in strong values and rigorous research.<ref>PAN Staff, "[http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/think-tank-news/news-detail/newsarticle/purnell-and-pearce-to-take-up-top-ippr-roles/45/ Purnell and Pearce to take up top IPPR roles]", ''Public Affairs News'', 29.07.10, accessed 21.09.10</ref>
 ==Contact, Resources, Notes==