New Economics Foundation

Podcasts Weekly Economics Podcast: What’s going on with Brexit? Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Marley Morris, Associate Director for Immigration, Trade and EU relations at IPPR By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 16 October 2020 Brexit — remember it? Way back in the distant past of 2019 it felt like it was all...

Blog How to end the hostile environment in the NHS Evidence of its failures alone won't end the hostile environment - we need to get organised. By Daniel Button 16 October 2020 New research has found that migrants who need NHS care in England are denied treatment for an average of 37 weeks as a result...

Blog Target tax cuts at poorest families Changes to Universal Credit could lift 500,000 out of poverty. By Lukasz Krebel, Alfie Stirling, Sarah Arnold 13 October 2020 Last month’s unveiling of the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) was as disappointing as it was rushed. The...

Publications The New Economics Zine Issue 2: Is our economy making us sick? 10 October 2020 Download the zine Welcome to the second issue of the New Economics Zine, launched on World Mental Health Day. In this issue, we’re digging into what the economy has to do with our mental health.  Mental health...

Podcasts Weekly Economics Podcast: Building a caring economy Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by NEF's Sarah Arnold, Marion Sharples from the Women’s Budget Group and City University's Jo Littler. 09 October 2020 “We want to build back greener as we recover from Covid-19” — that was the message this week at the Prime Minister’s Conservative Party...

Podcasts Weekly Economics Podcast: Is competition killing us? Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Michelle Meagher, author of new book, Competition is Killing Us and Grace Blakeley, staff writer at Tribune By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 06 October 2020 Our track-and-trace system will be ​“world-beating”. The...

Podcasts Weekly Economics Podcast: Can unions transform the economy? Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Unions Renewed authors Alice Martin and Annie Quick By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 25 September 2020 Amid the coronavirus crisis, the number of people becoming members of a union has skyrocketed. Unison...

Blog How workers can take on big finance and win A new book makes the case for a renewed role for unions in challenging financial capitalism. By Alice Martin, Annie Quick 25 September 2020 Unions Renewed: Building Power in an Age of Finance, by Alice Martin and Annie Quick The impact...

Blog Boris Johnson is right to be worried about the cost of childcare Nurseries are providing a critical public service, but with the financial challenges of a private business. By Lucie Stephens 24 September 2020 Stories emerged over the weekend that the Prime Minister is worried about the cost of...

Blog Furlough: where did the hours go? The economic fallout from Covid-19 is likely to significantly increase regional inequalities By Alex Chapman, Lukasz Krebel 23 September 2020 As we stare down the barrel of a second Covid-19 wave, the government’s plan to end the Job Retention...