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Give 1.9 million more people access to publically funded care and create almost a million new jobs through a new universal care service

Planned government investment to transform social care amounts to just 6% of what is needed, despite 1.8 million with unmet care needs.

18 February 2022

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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

03 February 2022

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1.3 million people eligible for universal credit missing out on payments worth £7,300 per year

Making UC payments automatic like the tax system would lift 380,000 people out of poverty this year

28 January 2022

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Public to foot £62bn bill for climate damage from airport expansions

Aviation industry will only pay for 16% of the emissions clean-up costs of UK airport expansions

27 January 2022

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Single parents, pensioners and families with disabled members face up to 56% faster rise in energy bills than the average household

Single parents will see bills rise 56% faster than the average, with pensioners’ bills rising 41% faster and the bills of families with one or more disabled people rising 23% faster

24 January 2022

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Over half of people across the country, including 63% of people in the north, have seen no evidence of ‘levelling up’ in their community since the 2019 general election

Govt’s ‘levelling up’ agenda in doubt as incomes in London and the south-east rise six times faster than in red wall regions in the last two years according to new NEF analysis

16 December 2021

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Half of UK families £110 worse off a year since general election, while richest 5% are better off by £3,300

Govt’s ‘levelling up’ agenda in doubt as incomes in London and the south-east rise six times faster than in red wall regions, since 2019 general election

13 December 2021

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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

28 October 2021

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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

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99.5% of government Covid debt has been matched by so called Bank of England ‘money printing’

Fiscal rules fail on their own terms and should be replaced by fiscal referees at the Office for Budget Responsibility in the 2021 Spending Review, according to research from the New Economics Foundation (NEF)

25 October 2021

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65% of people support a national retrofitting taskforce, with only 7% opposing the policy, new polling shows

64% of Conservative voters support a national retrofitting taskforce as well as 65% of people in the North and 65% of people in the Midlands

28 September 2021

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New polling finds that only 10% of people think there should be a cut to Universal Credit

New analysis by the New Economics Foundation shows that when the £20 Universal Credit uplift is cut some families will be left with just over half (54%) of the income they need to live

27 September 2021

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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

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UK government should use its own financial institutions to finance net-zero transition

Accelerate the UK economy’s transition to a net-zero economy by scaling up government-owned financial institutions and giving them a strong climate mandate

09 September 2021

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2.5 million working households to be impacted by Universal Credit cut and National Insurance increase

On average household will lose £1290 next year from a combination of these policies

07 September 2021

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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

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A charge on frequent flyers would make post-pandemic holidays cheaper for UK’s poorest households

A new Frequent Flier Levy would raise £5bn a year, help the UK reach its 2050 climate target, and make flying fairer

10 July 2021

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Cancel up to 100% of rent and rent debt for businesses forced to close during lockdown and a proportion for those with reduced turnover

The New Economics Foundation calls on government to provide targeted support for SMEs in sectors hardest hit by Covid-19 to prevent a wave of business evictions

30 June 2021

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Give 1.9 million more people access to publically funded care and create almost a million new jobs through a new universal care service

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

1.3 million people eligible for universal credit missing out on payments worth £7,300 per year

Public to foot £62bn bill for climate damage from airport expansions

Single parents, pensioners and families with disabled members face up to 56% faster rise in energy bills than the average household

Over half of people across the country, including 63% of people in the north, have seen no evidence of ‘levelling up’ in their community since the 2019 general election

Half of UK families £110 worse off a year since general election, while richest 5% are better off by £3,300

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

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

99.5% of government Covid debt has been matched by so called Bank of England ‘money printing’

65% of people support a national retrofitting taskforce, with only 7% opposing the policy, new polling shows

New polling finds that only 10% of people think there should be a cut to Universal Credit

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

UK government should use its own financial institutions to finance net-zero transition

2.5 million working households to be impacted by Universal Credit cut and National Insurance increase

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

A charge on frequent flyers would make post-pandemic holidays cheaper for UK’s poorest households

Cancel up to 100% of rent and rent debt for businesses forced to close during lockdown and a proportion for those with reduced turnover

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