In the news, November 2024

Labour’s autumn budget was another failure to make real change for disabled people
Abi O’Connor spoke to the Big Issue about how many local authorities are in financial crisis

Investment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget
Will Hutton featured our report into the OBR’s assumptions around public spending in his column for the Observer

Can for-profit social housing be a force for good?
The Timesfeatured our research which shows that 86% of the homes sold under right-to-buy in Brighton are now let by private developers

Bank of England cuts interest rates and forecasts gradual reduction in borrowing costs
Hannah Peaker was quoted in the Morning Star about how interest rates ​“never should have been so high for so long and we need to address the severe consequences impacting people and businesses as a result.”

How and when to claim unemployment benefits
Tom Pollard spoke to the Big Issue about NEF research which shows that the general public wants people claiming benefits to be treated better

The Brazilian presidency has a very good idea which is to levy a tax on the world’s billionaires
Danny Sriskandarjah spoke to various broadcast outlets from the G20 meetings in Brazil including BBC News, LBC and Times Radio

Britain needs a global leader — Starmer’s 16 trips prove he’s stepping up
Danny Sriskandarajah wrote for LBC about how it is critical the UK shows leadership on the world stage

Slashing methane emissions is ​“our emergency brake”, UN says
Danny Sriskandarjah’s reaction to the G20 communique which recognised something needed to be done to tax the super-rich was featured in the Guardian

Inflated farmland prices blocking government from building enough homes
The Independent covered our analysis which showed that hope value, a price premium for landowners, was artificially inflating land prices and blocking the government from building the social homes needed to ease the housing crisis. The research was also covered by Inside Housing and WalesOnline

Thousands of tenants won’t get right to buy social housing in new crackdown
The I newspaper included a reference to our research which shows that more than four in 10 council homes sold under right to buy are now being rented out by private landlords

Energy bills have pushed UK inflation to 2.3% – and we need ​‘bold’ thinking to bring it back down
Tom Pollard spoke to the Big Issue about how the rate of poverty in the UK is higher now than ay any point in the 21st century

Ditching fossil fuels will reduce our energy bills
Theo Harris was on the London Evening Standard’s podcast to discuss how inflation rises are intimately connected with our energy bills

Winter fuel benefit cuts will send pensioners to hospital, DWP warned
Tom Pollard spoke to the Big Issue about the impact of the winter fuel payment cut. The quotes were also picked up by YorkshireLive and the Birmingham Mail

Why progressives should oppose Heathrow expansion
An opinion piece in Left Foot Forward featured our analysis of the economics of air transport in Great Britain

“We’ve been making the benefits system harsher for years, and it hasn’t succeeded in forcing people back to work”
Tom Pollard spoke to TalkTV, the Times and the Big Issue about the government ​“Get Britain Working” white paper