New Economics Foundation

Blog It’s time Europe stopped fetishising fiscal discipline We should prioritise more important outcomes - like creating well-paid green jobs and lifting millions out of poverty By Frank van Lerven 23 June 2021 This piece was originally published in the Financial Times as a...

Publications Greening finance to build back better A UK roadmap ahead of COP26 By Lukasz Krebel, Frank van Lerven, David Barmes 23 June 2021 Download the report With the UK...

Podcasts Weekly Economics Podcast: the Police Bill Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Zehrah Hasan and Becka Hudson By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 18 June 2021 Throughout the spring, hundreds of thousands of people across the country marched, signed petitions, and spoke out against...

Blog Not the right time to get pumped up about inflation Panicking about inflation right now could keep wages low and jeopardise our economic recovery By Dominic Caddick 18 June 2021 Inflation is Rishi Sunak’s worst nightmare. Economists are typically scared of...

Publications The UK’s living standards crisis The case for a living income By Sarah Arnold, Aidan Harper, Alfie Stirling 17 June 2021 Download the report The UK is in the...

Blog Living Income campaign and website launched Website, report and event kick off campaign to transform social security in the UK By Clifford Singer 17 June 2021 The campaign for a Living Income that ensures everyone has enough to live on launched on 17 June 2021, with a...

Publications We can win a decent standard of living for everyone Introducing the Living Income campaign. 17 June 2021 Download the pamphlet A Living Income sets a level below which no one can fall, so we can all survive and thrive. In these uncertain times, we should...

Podcasts Weekly Economics Podcast: Culture wars Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Hanna Thomas Uose and David Wearing By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 11 June 2021 This week, the front page of the Daily Mail screamed ​“Outrage as Oxford students plan to axe queen”. In reality, a...

Blog Preparing for a just transition in Yorkshire and the Humber Workers and communities must be involved to ensure a fair approach to industrial change By Rebekah Diski 10 June 2021 Climate action and ​‘levelling up’ don’t have to be incompatible, but workers and...

Publications Powering the just transition Putting workers and unions at the centre of industrial change in Yorkshire and the Humber By Rebekah Diski, Alex Chapman, Chaitanya Kumar 09 June 2021 Download the...