New Economics Foundation

Blog The UK’s Net Zero strategy risks entrenching inequality This government is relying on uncertain technology to get us to net zero and those on the lowest incomes could pay the biggest price. By Chaitanya Kumar 06 April 2023 Last week, the...

Blog Playing by the fiscal rules The problems with the UK's fiscal rules run deep. Taking power over them away from the treasury could be part of the solution. By Alfie Stirling 05 April 2023 The UK’s fiscal rules – the targets set by the...

Blog Driving us round the bend: another fuel duty freeze Fuel duty has been frozen for the 13th year in a row. When will the government abandon this regressive, environmentally damaging policy? By Alex Chapman 20 March 2023 The spring budget saw...

Podcasts New Economics Podcast: The right to roam Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Nadia Shaikh and Frances Northrop By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 13 March 2023 On a sunny day in January, a ghostly figure covered in green ribbons appeared on a moor in...

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...