New Economics Foundation

It’s difficult to properly grasp the human cost of cold homes. Whether it’s down to the dispassionate language of ‘excess winter mortality’, or the hidden way that cold temperatures lead to circulatory...

NEF’s Principal Fellow Anna Cootes writes for International Politics and Society on the challenges posed by Universal Basic Income and why there are better ways to address poverty and inequality.  When...

New analysis suggests more and more people are falling prey to problematic credit card debt Over four in ten (41%) are struggling to make it to payday; of these, half (50%) are worried about their credit card debt Stella Creasy MP warns Parliament must learn the lesson of payday lenders about intervention to prevent problem debt and pushes for a cap on the cost of credit British...

It is impossible to shut out so large a proportion of the population from something as essential as housing and not ultimately pay the political price. So it’s not surprising that both the Government...

Our CEO, Miatta Fahnbulleh, appeared on BBC Question Time last night. She discussed how the Government has failed in its ambitions to tackle inequality, and why the all-encompassing focus on Brexit means that we aren’t dealing with the real issues. On the Prime Minister’s failure to tackle inequality, Miatta said: “Time and time again she talks the talk and then when it comes to...

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...