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You are here Our people Richard Darlington
 
Richard Darlington

Richard Darlington

Head of News

Phone: +44 (0)20 7470 6122
Email: r.darlington@ippr.org
Twitter: @RDarlo
 

Areas of expertise:

  • Strategic communications
  • UK politics

Richard Darlington has written for the Guardian, Independent and New Statesman, and has appeared on Newsnight, the Today Programme, the Politics Show, Radio 5 Live and Sky News.

Before joining IPPR in 2011, Richard was head of the Open Left project at Demos and was Special Adviser to Labour's 2010 General Election Coordinator and Secretary of State for International Development, (Douglas Alexander MP). He was also Special Adviser at the Department for Education and Skills, and Senior Press Officer at the Department of Trade and Industry.

Richard has worked as Director of Communications for Creative Partnerships at Arts Council England and previously as Media Manager at IPPR. He has also worked at the TUC, T&G and National Union of Students.

He holds a Masters degree in Critical Theory from the University of Sussex.

 

Publications

Great expectations: Exploring the promises of gender equality

Author(s) : Tess Lanning

31 Mar 2013

 

Articles

How will Clegg retaliate over the 0.7% aid law? - 08 May 2013

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Online freedom & decent work matter, not just overseas aid - 07 May 2013

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

UK aid to South Africa: cock-up, rather than conspiracy? - 04 May 2013

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

South Africa Needs Civil Society and Decent Work as Much as Overseas Aid - 03 May 2013

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Freedom from want is nothing without the freedom from fear - 30 Apr 2013

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

The battle on aid is not won: NGOs shouldn't be soft on Cameron - 30 Apr 2013

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Childcare and flexible work key to 21st century feminism - 09 Apr 2013

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Cutting the aid budget and skipping meetings: is Cameron still a global leader? - 25 Mar 2013

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

When will the government legislate for 0.7% overseas aid? - 01 Mar 2013

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Cameron can’t ‘give the aid budget to MoD’ because he can’t change the law - 23 Feb 2013

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

The rise, fall and revival of Blue Labour - 27 Sep 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

NGOs are being outmanoeuvred on overseas aid - 26 Sep 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Almost a million young people are still NEET - 22 Aug 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

A golden opportunity but final verdict is years away - 20 Aug 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Who is the happiest in Britain? - 25 Jul 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington, Imogen Parker

Teen girls drink like the rest of us - to forget - 03 Jul 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Public want to see how overseas aid works - 27 Jun 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Another three years to wait for 0.7% overseas aid? - 18 Jun 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Double-dip just got deeper - 24 May 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Being NEET is no fun at all - 24 May 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Will the real David Cameron please step forward? - 21 May 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

When will the coalition legislate for 0.7% overseas aid? - 10 May 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Vote 2012: Voting is a duty, not a right - 03 May 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Why has the coalition's aid bill been delayed again? - 24 Apr 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Don’t get carried away with headline fall in unemployment - 18 Apr 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

UK unemployment will get worse before it gets better - 18 Apr 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

UK unemployment will get worse before it gets better - 10 Apr 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

A Queen’s speech for jobs and growth - 03 Apr 2012

Author(s) : Graeme Cooke, Richard Darlington, Tony Dolphin

The Youth Contract must be the beginning not the end - 28 Mar 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

Comment: The 'granny tax' is right and fair - 23 Mar 2012

Author(s) : Richard Darlington

 

Projects

Women across generations: expectations and aspirations