New Economics Foundation

Blog What does the spring statement mean for the Great Homes Upgrade? The VAT cut on energy-saving materials is a small victory but improving home energy efficiency should be accessible to everyone By Aydin Dikerdem 31 March 2022...

Blog How to save our public farmland Public land is a public asset. It shouldn't be sold off to counteract budget cuts. By Chris Williams 30 March 2022 We know that public farmland is vital, and that local authorities need to hold onto it. Today,...

Blog Losing the plot When we sell-off our public farmland, we miss our chance to use agriculture to benefit everyone. By Chris Williams 29 March 2022 Decades of UK government policy on public land has seen 2m hectares – an area 13 times the size...

Blog Spring budget: Five asks for Rishi Sunak With millions struggling to afford life's essentials, here's how the chancellor can make a real difference on Wednesday By Alfie Stirling 22 March 2022 Not for the first time, the chancellor finds...

Podcasts New Economics Podcast: Are fossil fuels funding the war in Ukraine? Ayeisha is joined by Svitlana Romanko and Tessa Khan By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 21 March 2022 At the time of recording, hundreds, and possibly thousands, of civilians have...

Blog Sunak’s spring statement will reflect his priorities, not our ability to pay This is an opportunity for government to show that it cares about promoting peace, improving living standards and tackling climate change By Dominic Caddick 18 March 2022...

Blog 23.4 million people unable to afford the cost of living this spring Nearly half of all children will be living in families that have to make sacrifices on essentials By Dominic Caddick, Sam Tims, Alfie Stirling 14 March 2022...

Blog Government measures fail to protect poorest from energy price surge Poorest 10% of families in the UK set to be £420 a year worse off this spring By Dominic Caddick, Chaitanya Kumar, Alfie Stirling 09 March 2022...

Podcasts New Economics Podcast: tackling the cost of living crisis Ayeisha is joined by Alfie Stirling and Sabine Goodwin By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 07 March 2022 2022 has been dubbed the ​‘year of the squeeze’ by the Resolution Foundation. In April,...

Blog Best interest at heart The cost of public debt is lower than it's been for pretty much three centuries – not that you'd know it from the media coverage. By Frank van Lerven 25 February 2022 The latest government borrowing figures are out, and...