New Economics Foundation

Blog Three-fifths of private renters cannot afford the cost of living The government must unfreeze housing support for private renters By Alex Diner, Sam Tims 10 March 2023 The cost of living crisis means that, for many...

Blog Talking Tax Paul Hebden digs into where our attitudes towards taxes come from. He finds its roots in the runup to the 2008 financial crisis. By Paul Hebden 28 February 2023 This is an article from the fifth issue of the New Economics Zine....

Publications Skills for a new economy Investing in workers and closing the green skills gap By Alex Chapman, Fernanda Balata, Rebekah Diski, Paulo Yunda 28 February 2023...

Publications Austerity by stealth The effects of inflation on public spending By Alfie Stirling, Dominic Caddick 27 February 2023 Download the report Since 2010, the...

Podcasts New Economics Podcast: The UK’s political battlegrounds Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Anoosh Chakelian and James Meadway By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 27 February 2023 Last year the UK had three different prime ministers, four different...

Blog The race class narrative: building a new narrative We’re looking down the barrel of a cold, difficult winter. But some politicians want us to think the biggest threat facing the UK is the ‘wokemob’. By Ayesha Baloch 20 February 2023 This is...

Blog Upgrading and repurposing private rented homes to create a new generation of social homes offers a clear path out of the housing crisis The UK's lack of social housing has caused a crisis of high rents and evictions. It's time to develop a new generation of social homes. By Alex Diner 14 February 2023...

Publications Beyond new build Repurposing private rented housing to deliver a new generation of social homes for England By Alex Diner 14 February 2023 Download the report England’s...

Blog Together, they say yes With abortion rights under threat in the US, Karen Hand of the Together for Yes campaign talks us through the lessons and the reasons for hope that came from the historic 2018 win on abortion in Ireland By Karen Hand 13 February 2023...

Blog Beyond outrage When the government thinks it can win votes by thinking up ever more cruel ways to treat people trying to make the UK home, how do we fight back? By Nadia Hasan 06 February 2023 This is an article from the fifth issue of the...