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New analysis by the New Economics Foundation shows that by April 2022, a third of households – 23.4 million people – will be unable to afford the cost of living by £8,600

14 March 2022

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For the same cost as renovating parliament, government could retrofit 4.4m homes, saving families at least £345 a year on energy bills

Poorest 10% of families in the UK set to be £420 a year poorer come April, even after government energy rebates and higher minimum wage

09 March 2022

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NEF in the news, February 2022

Media coverage of the New Economics Foundation

25 February 2022

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The cost of living class war

Chaitanya Kumar writes for Tribune

22 February 2022

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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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Why Don’t We Just… understand why it costs more to be poor?

Dominic Caddick writes for Big Issue North

Dominic Caddick

15 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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Unless Whitehall devolves its powers, ‘levelling up’ is doomed to fail

Miatta Fahnbulleh wrote for the Guardian

Miatta Fahnbulleh

03 February 2022

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Mayors back call for a major shift in policy as new research finds 60% of the country still needs levelling up

New research shows that so far only £36 per person has gone to the parts of England most in need of levelling up from Levelling Up Fund, despite the divide between places growing

02 February 2022

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Why don't we just… make our economy work for people and the planet?

Margaret Welsh writes for Big Issue North

Margaret Welsh

01 February 2022

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NEF in the news, January 2022

Media coverage of the New Economics Foundation

31 January 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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NEF in the news, March 2022

The chancellor’s callousness is costing lives

Spring statement leaves 48% of all children living in families that have to make sacrifices on essentials this spring, like putting food on the table or replacing clothes and shoes

Fuel price cuts in the UK will largely benefit the SUV-driving elite

Spring Budget: We need to upgrade Britain’s leaky homes to insulate against the energy crisis

Nearly half of all children will be living in families that have to make sacrifices on essentials this Spring, like putting food on the table or replacing clothes and shoes

For the same cost as renovating parliament, government could retrofit 4.4m homes, saving families at least £345 a year on energy bills

NEF in the news, February 2022

The cost of living class war

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

Why Don’t We Just… understand why it costs more to be poor?

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

Unless Whitehall devolves its powers, ‘levelling up’ is doomed to fail

Mayors back call for a major shift in policy as new research finds 60% of the country still needs levelling up

Why don't we just… make our economy work for people and the planet?

NEF in the news, January 2022

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

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