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Weekly Economics Podcast: Why should we care what big tech does with our data?

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by NEF's Duncan McCann, Carissa Veliz, associate professor at Oxford University, and lawyer Cori Crider

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

08 March 2021

Coverage

The £20 uplift won’t tackle pandemic poverty – we need a living income

Dominic Caddick and Lukasz Krebel write for Tribune

Dominic Caddick, Lukasz Krebel

05 March 2021

Press Releases

Extending furlough beyond April will protect up to 2.7 million jobs that would otherwise have been at risk

NEF calls on government to bring back the job support scheme after the extension of furlough, alongside integration with training to address structural unemployment

02 March 2021

Podcasts

Weekly Economics Podcast: What's Brexit done to fishing and farming?

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by NEF Associate Fellow, Chris Williams

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

02 March 2021

Blog

Some jobs won’t come back

Over the last year, half a million people have lost jobs that will never return. Rishi Sunak has a chance to support them

Alex Chapman, Chaitanya Kumar, Alfie Stirling

01 March 2021

Press Releases

A third of the UK population will be living in hardship by May

New analysis shows that over 1 million more people will be living on an income with which they can’t afford to meet every day needs by May compared to last September, even if the £20 uplift extended at next week’s budget

01 March 2021

Blog

Millions facing an income crisis across the country

A third of the UK population is expected to fall into hardship by May

Sarah Arnold, Lukasz Krebel

01 March 2021

Coverage

NEF in the news, February 2021

Media coverage of the New Economics Foundation

28 February 2021

Events

New Economics Briefing: Spring Budget Special

Join NEF for a special New Economics Briefing to dissect the Spring Budget

Date: 4 March 2021, 19:00-20:00

Place: Via Zoom

Blog

How our benefits system was hollowed out over 10 years

If we’d stuck with the social security we had a decade ago, 1.5 million fewer people would be living in poverty

Sarah Arnold, Dominic Caddick, Lukasz Krebel

20 February 2021

Coverage

Today’s Uber Ruling Is a Victory for Workers

Emily Scurrah writes for Tribune

Emily Scurrah

19 February 2021

Podcasts

Weekly Economics Podcast: Vaccine Nationalism

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Common Wealth's Miriam Brett and Tahir Amin from the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

15 February 2021

Events

How can we build trust in a just transition?

Join NEF alongside Platform, Greenpeace and Unite to discuss how we can build trust in a just transition

Date: 24 February 2021, 18:00-19:30

Place: Via Zoom

Coverage

Of course Cumbria’s proposed coal mine is popular locally. The government offers no green alternative

Rebekah Diski writes for OpenDemocracy

Rebekah Diski

12 February 2021

Events

NEF Workers' Summit

Join NEF for a Workers' Summit bringing together trade unions, charities and community campaigns from across the UK

Date: 16 February 2021, 14:00-17:00

Place: Via Zoom

Coverage

What a ‘Just Transition’ Would Really Look Like

Emily Scurrah writes for Tribune

Emily Scurrah

05 February 2021

Podcasts

Weekly Economics Podcast: Is outsourcing out of control?

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by New Statesman’s Britain editor, Anoosh Chakelian and David Hall, founder of the PSIRU at the University of Greenwich

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

05 February 2021