New Economics Foundation

Papers destroyed by the Home Office. Forced out of work. Denied cancer treatment. Held in detention. Deported. Those are just a few of the terrible stories we’ve heard about the treatment of the...

Thousands of small businesses facing closure as Network Rail sells off arches We are supporting companies based in railway arches, who are experiencing massive rent increases ahead of sale to a private investor. The campaign has been covered widely, including on Sky News. Central banks can lead in disclosure of climate risks Our letter, signed by more than 50 NGOs, appeared in The...

In a letter drawn up by the New Economics Foundation, more than 50 NGOs, including Greenpeace, Finance Watch, Transparency International, and Share Action, have called on central banks to lead by...

Railway arches will mean different things to different people. Some will remember the local garage where they’ve got their MOT done for decades. Others will think of a bakery or café that’s recently...

Public managers and elected members have extensive experience of procuring goods and services and contracting for supply from private...

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Responding to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s review on high cost credit the End the Debt Trap campaign, supported by the New Economics Foundation, say the proposals set out today will not solve the deep, systemic and growing problem of household debt in the UK. The End the Debt Trap campaign is now calling for Parliament to intervene and force the FCA to extend the cost cap...

A new economy is emerging. And this new economy is powered by a new type of fuel: data. As the data economy becomes increasingly prominent, there are troubling signs that it is worsening existing power...

The UK is suffering from a housing crisis, and Birmingham is no exception. Only 16% of houses built in the city in 2016-17 were affordable, and gentrification is spreading across the city rapidly. But...

New analysis from the New Economics Foundation shows how elements of our economy are causing increased stress and therefore increasing cost to and strain on the NHS. The analysis finds that there were 17,500 episodes where stress or anxiety was the primary cause for hospital admission and shows that this led to 165,800 days where beds were occupied due to stress or anxiety, at a cost to...