Reeves urged to take 2p off employee NI and add it to income tax in budget Resolution Foundation says move could raise additional £6bn a year and ‘level the playing field’ on income tax The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025
Tax rises in, two-child limit out: what Resolution Foundation’s boss is urging Reeves before budget Pensions triple lock should also go, says Ruth Curtice, a former civil servant who says it’s ‘nice to be allowed to say what you think’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2025
British household energy debt triples in a decade – report Close to a million electricity and a million gas customers were now behind on their bills, Resolution Foundation research suggested. Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025
UK unemployment to hit highest level since Covid, says think tank Unemployment in the UK could soon hit the highest level seen since the Covid pandemic, according to a think tank ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 26, 2025
Ministers urged to overhaul and raise carer’s allowance Resolution Foundation says unpaid carers on low incomes pay ‘very heavy price’ for looking after loved ones The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025
Starmer ‘must hike taxes’ to plug £4.5bn black hole after welfare U-turn Keir Starmer’s U-turn now leaves the government with a choice between raising taxes or cutting spending elsewhere The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025
Living standards outlook for second half of 2020s is bleak, says think tank The 2020s could be the first decade of the modern era to witness no improvement in disposable incomes, the Resolution Foundation said. The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025
UK’s FTSE 100 share index hits record closing high despite economy shrinking in April – as it happened UK economy shrank by 0.3% in April, biggest fall since October 2023, as trade with the US slumped.. but FTSE 100 ends at new record close The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2025
Our £5bn disability benefits cut will stop welfare state collapsing, says Kendall Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary to double down on changes despite growing pressure within Labour The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025
Chancellor Reeves warned of ‘tough’ trade-offs ahead of spending review A report from the Resolution Foundation suggests that the Government should focus spending in areas such as health and housing. Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2025
Carmaker shares slide after Trump’s 25% tariff; British Steel proposes closing Scunthorpe blast furnaces – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2025
Some disabled people could lose £10k a year in benefits by end of decade Experts say planned cuts will deliver series of ‘painful income shocks’ for many The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025
Minister defending Labour’s £5bn benefits cuts admits he couldn’t live on £70 a week Hitting back at left-wing Labour critics of the government, Torsten Bell accuses them of ‘defending a Tory system’ The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025
Ethnic minority families spend more on housing but live in worse conditions, report says The report found Arab and Black adults were ‘at the sharp end of Britain’s housing crisis’ The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025
Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025 UK data chief calls for more cash to lift response rates amid faulty jobs survey Office for National Statistics boss Sir Ian Diamond told MPs that he is ‘super hopeful’ about its work to improve the labour force survey.
Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2025 Who is Torsten Bell? The new pensions minister pegged as Britain's future chancellor From being one half of Britain’s most influential political twin duo, to his role in the infamous ‘EdStone’, Emma Loffhagen reports on Torsten Bell, the former think tank director promoted to pensions minister
The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2025 Give working parents help with childcare and commuting costs, UK thinktank says Child poverty plan must address the 70% of families with at least one parent in work, Resolution Foundation says
The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2024 Rachel Reeves spending review ‘set to be next big challenge’ for government as growth flatlines Rachel Reeves has ordered a line-by-line review of spending, with departments ordered to find savings of 5 per cent of their budgets
The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2024 Reeves faces spending wrangles and a search for growth in 2025 Rachel Reeves faces an unenviable situation as the new year begins.
The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024 Trump’s tariff plan would hit UK trade as hard as Brexit, think tank warns The Resolution Foundation said small firms have seen their exports to the EU fall by a third, with 20,000 companies having stopped exporting to the continent altogether since Brexit
Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024 Trump tariffs could hit UK goods trade as hard as Brexit, says think tank The Resolution Foundation urged the Government to pursue an EU-focused trade policy, despite the threat of tariffs from the US.
The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2024 Overhaul of official workforce data may take another two years, ONS admits It said it is now ‘unlikely’ it will be able to introduce a revamped version of its Labour Force Survey in mid-2025.
Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024 Wealth gap between younger and older households has shrunk – report Much of the ‘wealth boom’ remains to be passed on down the generations in the form of inheritances and gifts, the Resolution Foundation said.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024 ONS may have ‘lost’ a million workers from job figures since pandemic Resolution Foundation says figures are ‘overly pessimistic’ as people in work are less likely to answer survey
Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2024 Almost a million workers ‘lost’ by unreliable official data, claims think tank The Resolution Foundation said the ONS has underestimated growth in employment by 930,000 workers since 2019.