Responding to today’s ONS Labour Market statistics, New Economics Foundation looks at what’s going on behind the headline figures on wages and inflation. Alfie Stirling, Head of Economics at the New Economics Foundation, said: “While it is welcome news to see regular pay slightly higher at the beginning of 2018 in real terms than at the same time in 2017, the bigger picture makes for...
Read More »The war on solar
Back in November I invited a local solar installation company round to my house to take a look at the roof. I hadn’t expected it to be a money tree, but I was still surprised and disappointed when the quote came in. It would take 16 years to earn back a solar...
Read More »How the broken land market drives our housing crisis
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Read More »NEF in the news, April 2018
To really “take back control” of UK fisheries, we must treat fishing rights as a public resource Griffin Carpenter argued that some fishing quota should be allocated based on social and environmental criteria to benefit our marine environment. Read more Ireland among worst offenders for overfishing, says new reportOur new report showing the EU members states most responsible for setting...
Read More »Let’s clean up toxic air
People’s lives are being blighted by traffic and toxic air. While politicians stand by, you can take action today. Protecting our families from pollution can sometimes feel like an insurmountable task,...
Read More »‘Proptech’ could exploit renters like Uber does workers
Aidan Rushby, CEO of MoveBubble, wants to make renting a home as easy as “ordering a pizza”. UberEats and Deliveroo have certainly made ordering a pizza easier, but they’ve also made it more exploitative. So far, in the workplace, automation and technology have...
Read More »What conversations about Cambridge Analytica are missing
In recent weeks, Cambridge Analytica has become the new bogeyman-of-choice. One little data firm is supposedly responsible for all the democratic turmoil in Europe and the US, from Brexit to Trump. The...
Read More »Weekly Economics Podcast: Universal Basic Income or Universal Basic Services?
Universal basic income – an idea that almost no one had heard of just a few years ago – is now one of the most fashionable concepts in progressive politics. With automation increasing and wages...
Read More »Landing the blame: overfishing in the Atlantic 2018
Fisheries ministers risk damaging our natural resources beyond repair by consistently setting fishing limits above scientific advice. This is our third year running a series of briefings to identify...
Read More »Weekly Economics Podcast: What if Russia cuts off our gas?
A nerve agent attack on an ex-Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury has led to a retaliation by the UK government – expelling diplomats and ramping up a war of words. With Putin winning another...
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