Local economies

Reclaiming our regions

How combined authorities can help to build more inclusive local economies

25 April 2024

Voters twice as likely to trust local politicians to improve their area, polling shows

Ahead of local elections, new polling reveals more than a third of people think local government should be given more power to solve issues in their areas

25 April 2024

Press Releases

Employers spending a fifth less on employee training than a decade ago

Analysis raises questions about how the UK will turn around stagnant productivity and meet its climate commitments

19 March 2024

Press Releases

Autumn statement: All regions are worse off since 2015, new analysis finds

Analysis shows that Britian has been “levelled down” despite promises to reverse regional inequalities.

22 November 2023

Press Releases

NEF responds to spending watchdog's criticism of levelling up spending

Chaos, moving goalposts and shifting deadlines has short-changed communities of much needed levelling up funding.

17 November 2023

Publications

A taxing problem

Reforming business rates in England

Lukasz Krebel, Alfie Stirling, Sarah Arnold

09 November 2023

Blog

A just transition will require steely resolve from policy makers

Thousands of jobs are threatened at a Scunthorpe steel foundry, highlighting the need for a just transition

Chaitanya Kumar

07 November 2023

Blog

When owning the land is the only answer

Small businesses provide much value to local communities, but they're being pushed out of London by extortionate rents and need an alternative

Frances Northrop, Emmet Kiberd

06 November 2023

Blog

The environment is paying the price for bad economic advice

How second-rate economic analysis proliferates in the UK’s planning system

Alex Chapman

21 November 2022

Press Releases

75% of children living in poverty in Elmbridge are in working families

A single parent with two children would need to be earning over £45,000 a year to cover the cost of living in Elmbridge, according to new analysis by the New Economics Foundation

03 November 2022

Publications

Under the radar

Exploring the changing picture of poverty and low income in the Surrey borough of Elmbridge

Daniel Button

03 November 2022

Blog

How can local people take action on things that matter to them?

Building collective control and capacity for action

Tiffany Lam

10 February 2022

Coverage

Unless Whitehall devolves its powers, ‘levelling up’ is doomed to fail

Miatta Fahnbulleh wrote for the Guardian

Miatta Fahnbulleh

03 February 2022

Publications

Closing the divide

How to really level up the UK

Miatta Fahnbulleh, Emmet Kiberd, Andrew Pendleton

02 February 2022

Videos

A Green New Deal for people and places

What would a Green New Deal mean for communities across the country?

14 January 2022

Blog

You can’t level up without a Green New Deal

Our government wants to be known for two things: levelling up, and fighting the climate crisis. But they don’t really understand how the two are connected.

Miatta Fahnbulleh

10 November 2021