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Prison for young people costly and fails to reduce crime, says nef
01 March 2010: Sending a child to prison now costs 140k a year, far more than a place at Eton; £60 million could be saved through a move to more local justice; Prison makes it more likely for a young person to reoffend, be unemployed and live in poverty.
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Shorter working week soon inevitable, forecasts nef
13 February 2010: A shorter working week is set to become the new norm, according to a report out this week from nef (the new economics foundation), the UK’s leading independent think tank.
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Economic growth no longer possible for rich countries, says new research
25 January 2010: Growth ‘drowns-out’ efficiency gains. Environmental ‘tolerance thresholds’ being pushed too far making a growing economy and a safe climate incompatible according to new modelling from nef (the new economics foundation).
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Hospital cleaners worth more to society than City bankers, says new nef research
14 December 2009: New method calculates social value of different jobs: think-tank advocates a fundamental rethink of how the value of work is recognised and rewarded.
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‘Cuts won’t work’: green spending will reduce public debt, create jobs, cut carbon, says Green New Deal Group
07 December 2009: Two days ahead of the pre-budget report, and as the UN climate change talks open in Copenhagen – the second report from the author’s of the original Green New Deal says that the Chancellor is likely to miss a historic opportunity to tackle public debt, create thousands of new green jobs and kick-start the transformation to a low-carbon economy.
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Climate change driven by bad economic models say Nobels and major international agencies
30 November 2009: Nobel prize winners join top anti-poverty and environment groups in call for new economic approaches to support climate deal.
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UK needs a fair lending law to stop loan sharks, says nef
25 November 2009: Report on ‘legal loan sharks’ to be launched at citizen’s assembly
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Just Bond offers return of a brighter future for the planet
29 October 2009: To coincide with The Bigger Picture: Festival of Interdependence on 24 October 2009, nef (the new economics foundation) has launched a unique ‘investment’ bond; one that offers no money back, and no financial incentive whatsoever. Instead, the special Just Bond - the first of its kind - promises the holder the ultimate return: the prospect of a better future for all of us and the planet.
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Billions spent on benefits could be used to transform communities hit hardest by recession
29 October 2009: At a special event at the Houses of Parliament on Monday 2 November 2009, two new reports on how the billions spent on benefits could transform those local communities hit hardest by the recession will be launched.
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UK could save money with radical plan to tackle climate change and inequality
19 October 2009: nef calls for ‘Great Transition’ to new economy A year on from the collapse of major banks, and less than 50 days before the UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen, nef is providing policymakers with the first comprehensive blueprint for an economy based on stability, prosperity, fairness, sustainability and well-being.