New Economics Foundation

Way back in 2012, NEF developed guidance to help those working in frontline organisations to measure wellbeing, using standardised approaches developed by Government and academics. Now, as part of our...

NEF is part of a network of researchers and civil society partners who are contributing to evidence on understanding, measuring and using insights about community wellbeing. This work is being delivered as part of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, which aims to develop and share robust, accessible and useful evidence that governments, businesses, communities and people can use to...

Our report on NHS land was covered by The Mirror, The Guardian, The Independent, Huffington Post, and New Statesman. NEF researcher Hanna Wheatley discussed the report’s findings on London Live, and Joe Beswick spoke to BBC London (2:19:00). The report was also discussed at length on the Vanessa Feltz show (1:21:40)Plastic-free proposals, ‘fairness’, the Cabinet reshuffle, and Brexit...

The Government is keen for you to know that it loves trees and animals and clean seas. People facing the threat of fracking, however, may not be so easily persuaded. Theresa May, not known for her...

NHS land is...

Nationally, 59 sites have been reported sold by the NHS as part of the Government’s public land sale programme. 80% of the homes being built on NHS land are for market sale, the vast majority of which are out of reach for NHS key workers. The other 20% of proposed houses are classified as ‘affordable’ but only half of these are for genuinely affordable social rent. See full story....

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Nearly everyone agrees that agricultural subsidies are in desperate need of reform, including, it turns out, the Secretary of State. Yesterday Michael Gove announced that following an extension to 2022...

The closure of the Britvic factory in Norwich is a huge blow for the 249 Britvic and 113 Unilever workers who share the site. Sadly, this comes as no surprise – across England there are over 660,000...

At the beginning of the month, the government suffered a double blow. The entire board of the Social Mobility Commission resigned, citing lack of progress towards a ‘fairer’ Britain. The very next day,...