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Map: has your region levelled up yet?

Blog

Map: has your region levelled up yet?

Use our online tool to find out

Clifford Singer

15 December 2021

The UK is being torn apart, not levelled up

Videos

The UK is being torn apart, not levelled up

Half of families are £110 a year worse off since 'levelling up' was launched in 2019

13 December 2021

Weekly Economics Podcast: The future of work

Podcasts

Weekly Economics Podcast: The future of work

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Amelia Horgan

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

19 November 2021

Earth, wind and fire

Blog

Earth, wind and fire

After the smashing of the miners’ strike of the 1980s and the many mine and factory closures since, it’s no wonder that fossil-fuel workers are sceptical about plans for a green industrial revolution.

Rebekah Diski

12 November 2021

Shorter working week newsletter 9

Publications

Shorter working week newsletter 9

European Network for the Fair Sharing of Working Time

04 November 2021

No place like home

Blog

No place like home

The minimum wage doesn’t apply to live-in nannies and au pairs, which allows employers to abuse and exploit these workers

Miranda Hall, Veronica Deutsch

28 October 2021

UK faces a skills shortage with only 6% of workers upskilling for a new job pre-pandemic

Press Releases

UK faces a skills shortage with only 6% of workers upskilling for a new job pre-pandemic

Govt should introduce a new retraining scheme to improve labour market resilience and support the transition to a low-carbon economy, according to the New Economics Foundation

26 October 2021

Upskilling Britain for a high-wage future

Publications

Upskilling Britain for a high-wage future

A Future Skills Scheme will help workers and support the transition to a low-carbon economy

Alex Chapman, Chaitanya Kumar, Alfie Stirling

26 October 2021

Stepping back from the cliff edge

Blog

Stepping back from the cliff edge

Together we can build an alternative to universal credit

Michael Pugh

22 October 2021

Decarbonising our shops, supermarkets and warehouses

Blog

Decarbonising our shops, supermarkets and warehouses

It's not just airlines and oil companies who will have to cut emissions — sectors like retail will have to change too.

Emily Scurrah

11 October 2021

Weekly Economics Podcast: Can we prevent living standards plummeting this winter?

Podcasts

Weekly Economics Podcast: Can we prevent living standards plummeting this winter?

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Kate Bell and Sarah Arnold

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

01 October 2021

The cost of ending furlough too soon

Coverage

The cost of ending furlough too soon

Miatta Fahnbulleh on Channel 4 News

Miatta Fahnbulleh

01 October 2021

Over 700,000 jobs at risk as furlough scheme ends next week

Press Releases

Over 700,000 jobs at risk as furlough scheme ends next week

Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of redundancy, loss of hours or earnings unless the government extends the furlough scheme

23 September 2021

Funding health and social care fairly

Coverage

Funding health and social care fairly

Miatta Fahnbulleh on BBC Radio 5 Live

Miatta Fahnbulleh

10 September 2021

Weekly Economics Podcast: Fast fashion

Podcasts

Weekly Economics Podcast: Fast fashion

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Maxine Bédat

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

03 August 2021

Not out of the woods yet

Blog

Not out of the woods yet

Why it's still too soon for the furlough end game

Alex Chapman

02 August 2021

More than 650,000 jobs likely to still need furlough when scheme ends in September

Press Releases

More than 650,000 jobs likely to still need furlough when scheme ends in September

Hundreds of thousands of people could be pushed into unemployment unless the government rolls back the increase in employer contributions and extends the furlough scheme

02 August 2021

The road to recovery

Blog

The road to recovery

The pandemic didn’t create inequality in the UK – it only made it worse. But what happens next isn't inevitable.

Lydia Prieg

14 July 2021

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