THE Government must do more to create private-sector vacancies after a study warned the UK is up to 2m jobs short of its pre-recession employment levels.  Reducing corporate tax rates and the creation of new enterprise zones to boost job creation are "inadequate" responses to the ongoing jobs crisis, according to the report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).  ahead of fresh unemployment figures today, the analysis warns there is "little evidence" the private sector will pick up the slack from public-sector job losses in the next four years.  But the report calculates that between 1.5m and 2m jobs need to be generated to return the UK to its pre-recession employment rate of 73pc. The current level is 70.7pc.  The left-leaning think tank said the public sector had been filling in for insufficient private-sector job creation over the past two decades, adding there had to be a "massive turnaround" in private-sector growth, particularly in the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside, West Midlands and Scotland.  Between 1993 and 2008, employment increased by 27pc in London but by just 10pc in the North East and the North West.  The report coincides with new research from the Work Foundation, which urges the Government to throw its weight behind key sectors which could pull Britain out of recession, including renewable energy, healthcare and business services.  a failure to act will risk people becoming increasingly disengaged from the labour market, with thousands forced to leave work permanently as their skills become redundant, the IPPR warned. It called on the Government to introduce a jobs guarantee scheme for the long-term unemployed.  Elsewhere, new research showed nine in 10 jobless Britons believe there are no jobs suitable for their skills. a further half lack confidence their skills will get them a job, the survey of 1,023 jobless people by Learndirect found.