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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.

Total pay has reached lowest monthly level in two years

London’s small businesses come together to demand affordable rents

230 small businesses call on London politicians to join them in confronting the capital’s affordable workspace crisis

Millions struggling to cope with credit card debt

Four in ten British adults are worried about their levels of debt

New poll: 82% of Uber users ready to quit the service

Four out of five homes built on NHS land are unaffordable to nurses

Instead of selling off NHS land, the Government should create a People’s Land Bank and use the land to build affordable homes

New research: London’s transport gig economy grows by 82% since 2010

Number employed in transport sector has fallen by 9%.

A Budget that “barely scratches the surface” of our deep economic malaise

NEF's response to today’s Autumn Budget

Brexit poses ‘severe threat to Britain’s fishing communities’

EU departure likely to will see some fishers – mainly small boats – do far worse than others.

New research: UK financial system is ‘least resilient in the G7’

Threats posed by Brexit make it even more exposed to future shocks

NEF welcomes Uber court defeat but calls for more driver control

Driver-owned alternative will give real control to workers and users.

Revealed: the great divide between towns and cities

New Economics Foundation sets out ‘manifesto for towns’ to bridge divide.

New Economics Foundation appoints Miatta Fahnbulleh as new CEO

The New Economics Foundation, the UK’s only people-powered think tank, is pleased to announce the appointment of Miatta Fahnbulleh as Chief Executive.

New map shows where public land is up for sale – and brings people together to save it

We’re in the middle of a Government-led public land sale, and most people don’t even know it’s happening

“Flattering to deceive” – New Economics Foundation response to PM’s housing pledges

Communities must be at the heart of decision-making over what gets built, and where

New Economics Foundation calls for 'Khan's Cars' as mutually-owned alternative to Uber

'Khan’s Cars' could be a mutually-owned, publicly-regulated alternative to Uber

Revealed: how Government’s 30hr childcare scheme could force nursery workers’ wages down

For Government’s new 30-hour free childcare to be sustainable, nurseries would have to pay their staff below the minimum wage to break even, new research shows