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Spring statement austerity measures could hit GDP by up to £12.6bn by 2029/30, wiping out savings from benefit reforms

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Spring statement austerity measures could hit GDP by up to £12.6bn by 2029/30, wiping out savings from benefit reforms

The cost of poverty and public service cuts are likely to spill over and damage growth

26 March 2025

Spring statement cuts will undermine growth forecast, NEF warns

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Spring statement cuts will undermine growth forecast, NEF warns

NEF reacts to the spring statement

26 March 2025

Austerity is a false economy

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Austerity is a false economy

The fiscal rules are no real reflection of the financial risks the country faces, and cuts may make things worse

Dominic Caddick

24 March 2025

Ill and disabled people could lose an additional £1.5bn through universal credit changes

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Ill and disabled people could lose an additional £1.5bn through universal credit changes

NEF analysis reveals government’s £5bn benefits savings conceals even bigger cut for ill and disabled people

20 March 2025

How do you solve a problem like inflation?

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How do you solve a problem like inflation?

The case for monetary-fiscal coordination

Lydia Prieg, Sebastian Mang, Dominic Caddick, Theo Harris, Stanislas Jourdan

20 March 2025

Firing up the fund

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Firing up the fund

Empowering the National Wealth Fund to meet the UK's needs

Jaya Sood, Theo Harris

19 March 2025

Benefits cuts driven by need to meet fiscal rules rather than support for ill and disabled, NEF warns

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Benefits cuts driven by need to meet fiscal rules rather than support for ill and disabled, NEF warns

Cutting the income of ill and disabled will not help them return to work

18 March 2025

Government is concealing the true scale of benefit cuts for ill and disabled people

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Government is concealing the true scale of benefit cuts for ill and disabled people

Reducing the gap between the basic and incapacity rates of universal credit could mean billions more in cuts for ill and disabled people

13 March 2025

Britain is now following a developing country economic model – and we know where that leads

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Britain is now following a developing country economic model – and we know where that leads

Danny Sriskandarajah writes for the Guardian

06 March 2025

Proposed benefits cuts show the folly of self-imposed fiscal rules

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Proposed benefits cuts show the folly of self-imposed fiscal rules

NEF responds to today's news that this government is drawing up billions in cuts to welfare spending

05 March 2025

Growing Gatwick airport will not create economic growth

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Growing Gatwick airport will not create economic growth

NEF reacts to upcoming announcement of the expansion of Gatwick airport

27 February 2025

Are we falling for the myth of minority rule?

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Are we falling for the myth of minority rule?

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Ash Sarkar

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

26 February 2025

NEF responds to Climate Change Committee’s seventh carbon budget

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NEF responds to Climate Change Committee’s seventh carbon budget

Latest CCC report shows why net zero is essential for the environment and the economy, NEF says

26 February 2025

Ofgem price cap rise shows UK far too exposed to volatile global fossil fuel prices

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Ofgem price cap rise shows UK far too exposed to volatile global fossil fuel prices

The New Economics Foundation responds to Ofgem's energy price cap increase today

25 February 2025

Is the Labour government delivering on its promises?

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Is the Labour government delivering on its promises?

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Grace Blakeley and David Edgerton

21 February 2025

Whose growth is it anyway?

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Whose growth is it anyway?

As mayors and councils prepare their local growth plans, the RORE programme looks at how a less extractive model would benefit us all

Tabitha Hamilton, Emmet Kiberd

20 February 2025

Reclaiming Our Regional Economies

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Reclaiming Our Regional Economies

How combined authorities can help to build more inclusive local economies

How local services are showing there is another way to provide for communities

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How local services are showing there is another way to provide for communities

While the government looks to cut public spending, the Social Guarantee has found examples of local service providers finding innovative ways to meet needs

Harry Ewart-Biggs, Anna Coote

18 February 2025

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