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Starmer's mission to improve living standards is ambitious but lacks policies to back them up

The New Economics Foundation responded to the prime ministers speech today

05 December 2024

Green interest rate could reduce electricity costs by £1.9bn a year

New analysis suggests 2.5% decrease in interest rates for renewables and grid upgrades could save households £24 per year

02 December 2024

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Government must resist pressure to be “tough” on people on benefits

NEF welcomes plans to improve employment support in government's “Get Britain Working” white paper

26 November 2024

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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OBR's outdated assumptions hamstring chancellor’s spending power by £8bn a year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

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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

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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

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Europe-wide frequent flying levy would raise €64bn without any cost to majority of people

Frequent flying levy would cut aviation emissions would by 21%, mainly caused by just 5% of people flying less

17 October 2024

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National wealth fund could raise £100bn by issuing its own bonds

NEF analysis suggests the fund could raise £14 of private investment for every £1 of public money spent

14 October 2024

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Starmer's speech committed to false "black hole" narrative

The prime minister's aims to revive the economy will be scuppered without commitment to public investment

24 September 2024

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Chancellor’s fiscal rules will hold back promises of investment

Rachel Reeves offered little about how government will rewire unfair economic system in conference speech

23 September 2024

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Bank of England’s quantitative tightening could cost Treasury over £96bn over next four years

Adopting a speed of "quantitative tightening" similar to the pace in the Eurozone and the US could save the taxpayer £13.5bn a year.

17 September 2024

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Two thirds of flights from London City airport could have been completed by train

New analysis published as Labour government is due to make final on airport’s expansion plans

19 August 2024

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Starmer's mission to improve living standards is ambitious but lacks policies to back them up

Green interest rate could reduce electricity costs by £1.9bn a year

Government must resist pressure to be “tough” on people on benefits

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

New housing developments forcing people to rely on cars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Europe-wide frequent flying levy would raise €64bn without any cost to majority of people

National wealth fund could raise £100bn by issuing its own bonds

Starmer's speech committed to false "black hole" narrative

Chancellor’s fiscal rules will hold back promises of investment

Bank of England’s quantitative tightening could cost Treasury over £96bn over next four years

Two thirds of flights from London City airport could have been completed by train

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