Events

Phil Bowen

Philip Hammond: the wait and see Chancellor

Today's Budget dodged the big issues

Pick a number, any number

Setting arbitrary targets for fiscal policy risks locking-in fresh rounds of austerity

Plan for social care should break private provider grip on the sector by investing in new ways of running services

New NEF research calls for investment in social care to support ownership and control by users and employees, rather than subsidising private profit

Plane truths

Do the economic arguments for aviation growth really y?

Playing by the fiscal rules

The problems with the UK's fiscal rules run deep. Taking power over them away from the treasury could be part of the solution.

Plugging the Leaks

Making the most of every pound that enters your local economy

Plugging the leaks

Local economic development as if people and planet mattered

PM's self-isolation, chaos in Number 10 and Covid track and trace

Miatta Fahnbulleh on BBC News

Podcast transcript: Gary Younge on the global black liberation uprisings

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Gary Younge, writer, broadcaster, and professor of sociology

Policy and research

Political leaders ignore Remain voters at their peril

New polling of the forgotten 48%

Polly Raymond

Poorest 10% of families will see energy costs increase by £724, a 7.5 times larger rise than the richest 10% of families

Analysis from NEF shows the impact of the new energy price cap for different types of family

Poorest fifth still £380 worse off a year after chancellor’s boost to universal credit, compared to £20 uplift

300,000 more people will be in poverty compared with if the £20 uplift hadn’t been cut

Poorest households will be over £200 per week short of acceptable standard of living following Autumn Statement

Four in ten households will be unable to afford the cost of essentials like household bills or a trip to the dentist by April 2024 as the rising cost of living outstrips income growth for 60% of households

Poorest receive just 3% of chancellor’s spring budget tax giveaways

Richest 20% of households will receive 13 times more than poorest from measures announced today

Poorva Prabhu