New Economics Foundation

Figures released today by the Office of National Statistics show that UK wealth grew nearly 10% during 2016. The largest rise on record, this puts the UK’s total net worth at £9.8 trillion. But far...

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Banging on about oil and gas when you’re supposed to be talking about low-carbon energy is like talking about the wonders of lard when you’re meant to be getting people to eat more greens. The...

By 2046 almost one in four people will be 65 or older. So it is right that the Government’s industrial strategy, published this week, sets out as one of its four ‘Grand Challenges’ to meet the needs of...

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...