New Economics Foundation

When economic decision-making power is in the hands of the public rather than corporate interests, economies tend to have lower rates of inequality, and higher levels of productivity. These are the...

More than 850,000 people have signed a petition launched last September to protest Uber’s licence being revoked by Transport for London. The implication is that for many, the benefits of ride-hailing apps – low prices, quick pick-up times and ease of use – are...

Four-fifths of Uber customers would use an ethical alternative – and over half would pay a higher fare to do so App-based companies like Uber and Deliveroo are facing multiple legal challenges relating to the treatment of their workers The New Economics Foundation is developing an ethical, driver-owned alternative to Uber to combat the trend toward insecure and precarious work. New...

Diversion; sleight of hand; showmanship. Skills to be found in any good government’s playbook. Just because there’s something shiny to look at, doesn’t mean that’s where we should be looking. Take...

As a colleague of mine recently pointed out, if you went into a restaurant and found almost every kind of cuisine on the menu, you’d probably conclude that none of the dishes would be much good. And so...

Coastal communities face complex and urgent challenges. They see higher levels of deprivation, underemployment and educational underachievement when compared to communities inland; and they are more...

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...