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Blog

The UK is investing more abroad than it's receiving in return

New figures from the OECD show a worrying signal of falling confidence in the UK economy

Frank van Lerven

30 April 2018

Coverage

The UK must freeze private rents now – or thousands will be made homeless

Joe Beswick for the Guardian

Joe Beswick

12 May 2020

Coverage

The UK needs a budget that meets the scale of the challenges we face

Lukasz Krebel writes for openDemocracy

Lukasz Krebel

02 March 2020

Press Releases

The UK population is still poorer than it was in 2008

New analysis by the New Economics Foundation shows average living standards are still £100 per year lower than 12 years ago

11 February 2020

Press Releases

The UK population is still poorer than it was in 2008

New analysis by the New Economics Foundation shows average living standards are still £128 per year lower than a decade ago

18 September 2019

Coverage

The UK should stop obsessing over GDP – wellbeing is more telling

Daniel Button writes for the Guardian

Daniel Button

10 June 2019

Publications

The UK's living standards crisis

The case for a living income

Sarah Arnold, Aidan Harper, Alfie Stirling

17 June 2021

Blog

The UK's Net Zero strategy risks entrenching inequality

This government is relying on uncertain technology to get us to net zero and those on the lowest incomes could pay the biggest price.

Chaitanya Kumar

06 April 2023

Blog

The unequal impact of the energy bill crisis

The benefits system could be the best route to supporting households that need it most

Chaitanya Kumar, Dominic Caddick, Alfie Stirling

24 January 2022

Blog

The unheard stories of precarious work

Why college cleaners are striking, in their own words

Robbie Warin

09 February 2018

Coverage

The universal credit cut is a pro-poverty policy

Sarah Arnold writes for Tribune

Sarah Arnold

30 September 2021

Publications

The Up in Smoke reports

A summary of the reports

Andrew Simms, Daisy Leith, Pamela Harding, Victoria Johnson

04 December 2008

Publications

The value of childcare

Quality, cost and time

Anna Coote, Jacob Mohun Himmelweit, Juliette Hough

12 February 2014

Blog

The victim-blaming culture of housing associations has trickled down from the government

There are 940,000 homes in England with damp and mould. This government should take a healthy share of responsibility.

Heather Kennedy

30 November 2022

Publications

The Voter Power Index

The effects of the Alternative Vote on the distribution of electoral power in the UK

Nic Marks, Stephen Whitehead

04 April 2011

Blog

The war on solar

The Government were warned what scrapping the Feed-In Tariff would do – and now it’s happened.

Alex Chapman

12 April 2018

Blog

The windfall tax was supposed to rein in fossil fuel profits. Instead it has saved corporations billions

Loophole in energy profits levy will hand oil and gas companies up to £18bn over next three years

Alex Chapman

28 November 2023

Publications

The Wisdom of Prevention

Long-term planning, upstream investment and early action to prevent harm

Anna Coote

04 April 2012

Events

The UK is investing more abroad than it's receiving in return

The UK must freeze private rents now – or thousands will be made homeless

The UK needs a budget that meets the scale of the challenges we face

The UK population is still poorer than it was in 2008

The UK population is still poorer than it was in 2008

The UK should stop obsessing over GDP – wellbeing is more telling

The UK's living standards crisis

The UK's Net Zero strategy risks entrenching inequality

The unequal impact of the energy bill crisis

The unheard stories of precarious work

The universal credit cut is a pro-poverty policy

The Up in Smoke reports

The value of childcare

The victim-blaming culture of housing associations has trickled down from the government

The Voter Power Index

The war on solar

The windfall tax was supposed to rein in fossil fuel profits. Instead it has saved corporations billions

The Wisdom of Prevention

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