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Scrap personal allowance and replace with a new weekly cash payment

New Economics Foundation proposes the creation of a new Weekly National Allowance for all adults earning under £125,000 a year

Average weekly hours fell faster between 1946 and 1979 than post-1980

Austerity hitting UK economy by almost £100bn this year - more than £3,600 per household

New NEF analysis shows cuts to government spending since 2010 have dampened GDP growth in every subsequent year

FCA should go further and impose cap on overdraft fees to stop banks profiting from people's misery

Stalling productivity and high working hours shows the economy not working for many

New Economics Foundation react to today’s ONS stats

£3.5bn real terms cuts to unprotected budgets after 2020

Analysis from the New Economics Foundation shows that unprotected budgets will still face cuts after 2020 despite austerity “coming to an end”

What it takes to ‘end austerity’ for real: NEF responds to PM speech

Analysis from the New Economics Foundation shows services with no current spending protections could see further real-terms cuts of 2.1% after 2020

Government plans further austerity ‘by stealth’

New analysis from NEF shows services with no current spending protections could see further real-terms cuts of 2.1% after 2020

High street job losses worth £1.5 billion in lost GDP

New analysis from New Economics Foundation shows the lost value of 25,000 high profile retail jobs to the economy

Rail arch businesses add £725m to UK GDP every year

New research reveals strategic importance of businesses in Network Rail’s sell-off

Interest rate rises: our Head of Economics responds

The Bank of England won’t like to admit it, but it is caught between a rock and a hard place

European Central Bank to consider climate impact

The Bank will look to conduct a climate impact assessment of its quantitative easing programme

Apply a ‘John Lewis law’ to businesses to give workers more control

New analysis from NEF shows that expanding co-ops will help UK tackle key economic challenges

Top 15% of taxpayers should fill NHS funding gap, think tank suggests

NEF proposes levying £11.1bn for NHS through reform to National Insurance Contributions

Campaign calls for cost cap on payday lenders to be extended to all forms of consumer credit

Analysis from NEF shows monthly income spent on debt is doubly burdensome for the poorest households

Stress and anxiety related hospital admissions costing taxpayer £71.1m

New analysis shows 165,000 bed days per year used by those with stress & anxiety

2,500 supply-chain jobs at risk in Sainsbury’s-Asda merger

New analysis shows that the price cuts passed on to suppliers will impact on jobs

GDP growth of any kind is no longer leading to higher real wages

Today's GDP estimates from the ONS are again disappointing, and fall far short of what would be expected from a healthy economy.