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Building hope

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Building hope

How land reforms will help deliver the homes we need

Alex Diner

20 November 2024

Inflated land prices blocking government from building enough homes to hit targets and meet need

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Inflated land prices blocking government from building enough homes to hit targets and meet need

Scrapping price premium for landowners would slash cost of building 90,000 social homes a year by £4.5bn

20 November 2024

Are oil and gas workers the coalminers of our generation?

Podcasts

Are oil and gas workers the coalminers of our generation?

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Anna Carthy and Mika Minio-Paluello

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

19 November 2024

Trapped behind the wheel

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Trapped behind the wheel

How England's new builds lock us into car dependency

Emmet Kiberd, Benedikt Straňák

18 November 2024

New housing developments forcing people to rely on cars

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New housing developments forcing people to rely on cars

Major new study shows car dependency of new homes has increased in every region of England outside of London over the last 15 years

18 November 2024

Interest rates cut a relief, but they never should have been so high for so long

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Interest rates cut a relief, but they never should have been so high for so long

NEF responds to Bank of England's decision to cut interest rates to 4.75%

07 November 2024

The autumn budget: A step in the right direction but still falling short

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The autumn budget: A step in the right direction but still falling short

There were some welcome wins in Labour's first budget, though it's unlikely to deliver the change we need on inequality and public services

Amy Clancy

04 November 2024

What to make of the Labour government's first budget?

Podcasts

What to make of the Labour government's first budget?

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by James Meadway and Hannah Peaker

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

01 November 2024

Raising tax thresholds will benefit richest households eight times more than poorest

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Raising tax thresholds will benefit richest households eight times more than poorest

The chancellor’s decision not to extend the freeze to personal allowances beyond 2028/29 will save richest 25% of households £550 a year

30 October 2024

Autumn budget should have been more courageous in investing in people and public services, says NEF

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Autumn budget should have been more courageous in investing in people and public services, says NEF

NEF reacts to today’s autumn budget speech

30 October 2024

Building the homes we need

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Building the homes we need

The economic and social value of investing in a new generation of social housing

Alex Diner, Sam Tims, Rhiannon Williams

29 October 2024

Government must build ten times more social homes a year by 2027/28 to meet housing targets

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Government must build ten times more social homes a year by 2027/28 to meet housing targets

A social housebuilding programme on the scale needed would bring £225bn in economic and social benefits, according to the New Economics Foundation.

29 October 2024

The OBR’s fiscal powers need a rethink

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The OBR’s fiscal powers need a rethink

Outdated fiscal assumptions are limiting the chancellor’s spending power by £8bn a year

Dominic Caddick

28 October 2024

OBR's outdated assumptions hamstring chancellor’s spending power by £8bn a year

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OBR's outdated assumptions hamstring chancellor’s spending power by £8bn a year

Small tweaks to OBR’s “fiscal multipliers” and debt definition would treble chancellor’s spending power

28 October 2024

Mayors and councils need £32bn capital funding injection for decade of renewal

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Mayors and councils need £32bn capital funding injection for decade of renewal

Previous government’s “Levelling Up” budget would fund just three weeks of annual investment needed

24 October 2024

Solid foundations

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Solid foundations

Local investment need for a decade of renewal

Benedikt Straňák, Emmet Kiberd

24 October 2024

Scrapping two-child limit would reduce economic cost of poverty by £3.2bn

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Scrapping two-child limit would reduce economic cost of poverty by £3.2bn

Government fiscal rules and assumptions are failing to take into account the true economic benefit of lifting children out of poverty

20 October 2024

Capping ambitions

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Capping ambitions

Recognising the economic benefits of reducing child poverty by scrapping the two-child limit and benefit cap

Sam Tims

20 October 2024

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