New Economics Foundation

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....

The...

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,...

Anna Coote, Principal Fellow at NEF, has been named one of the Mayor of London’s Sustainable Development CommissionersMore on her appointment and the other Commissioners here. Land is Britain’s most valuable asset – what does this mean for our economy?Sara Mahmoud spoke to the Daily Mail and Reuters about the Office of National Statistics’ new figures.   Could automated technology usher...

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...

This article was originally published on Brave New Europe Economic inequalities are intolerably high across Europe.  How to narrow the gap? A new study suggests that it is time to think afresh about...

Over the last three years, we’ve been developing the Blue New Deal – a plan to revitalise the UK’s coastal communities. It’s part of our work with people all over the country to make real change happen now. This film tells the story of Graham Doswell, a third-generation small-scale fisherman from Eastbourne who with NEF, has led an effort to secure a better future for the inshore...