New Economics Foundation

The relationship between Brexit and democracy is fraught. For many, the vote to leave the European Union was a moment in which ‘the people’ were finally able to make their voice heard. But where are...

Having any industrial strategy is probably a good thing, and having one that acknowledges the woeful inequalities that exist between different parts of the UK is better still. So what’s the problem...

This event will be streamed live on Wednesday 29 November, 6-8.30pm. [embedded content] Post-financial crisis regulation has failed to address deep-seated problems with the processes of money and credit creation and allocation in advanced economies. This event will propose alternatives, drawing on examples from the past, the present and also looking forward at the opportunities...

Chancellor Philip Hammond got out his red box again last week, to let us know how the country’s finances are – or aren’t – holding up, and what the Government’s going to be doing with its money this...

2017 has been a big year for union action on precarious work: United Voices of the World and Justice for Workers successfully campaigned to bring all cleaners in-house at the LSE and SOAS universities,...

Summary This paper argues for an industrial strategy for the UK that aims to achieve prosperity, social justice and ecological sustainability. Government must get national policy right – delivering certainty for investors in sustainable industries and ensuring that the ‘rules of the game’ deliver decent, well-paid jobs across the UK. But it would be wrong to conceive, as is often the...

In response to today’s Autumn Budget, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation, said: “We are facing big economic problems as a country, and this Budget barely scratches the...

It should not come as a particular surprise to learn that many of the promises made by the Leave campaign are turning out to bear little relationship to reality. As with £350 million a week for the...

By Andrew Pendleton and Joe Beswick NEF’s pre-Budget briefing argues that the Chancellor should create a People’s Land Bank as the central plank of a People’s Budget for the 21st century. Britain is facing an “economic malaise” driven by falling living standards, growing indebtedness and increasing wealth inequality. With Brexit only set to make this crisis worse, this is the last...

Pro-Brexit campaigners have argued leaving the EU means Britain can “take control” of its fisheries. But what does Brexit really mean for fishing communities and for the future of our fish stocks? This...