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Low earners and the private rental sector, 15 August 2010
Read coverage of our ongoing research in the Observer
2010 Emergency Budget and low earners, 29 June 2010
Read our response to the Government's emergency Budget here
What's the damage? A low earner impact assessment of deficit reduction options
18 June 2010
Read our press release
Investment in the UK private rented sector, 28 April 2010
Read our response the HMT consultation
After Thatcher and Blair, Basildon man turns to Clegg, 28 April 2010
Read about low earners' voting intentions in The Independent
Politicians' promises to protect the vulnerable ring hollow, 22 April 2010
Read Sophia Parker's Joe Public blog for the Guardian
Consumer Financial Education Body in Financial Services Bill Receives Royal Assent
The Resolution Foundation is delighted that the Financial Services Bill received Royal Assent during the wash-up process.
Read our press release here
White Paper sets bold roadmap for care, 30 March
The Care and Support Alliance welcome plans to develop a National care Service but warn reform must be made a priority early in the next Parliament. Read press release here
The Energy and Climate Change Committee publish report on 'fuel poverty', 30 March
Read the report here
Read our memorandum to the Committee
Budget 2010 and Low earners
Read our analysis of policy measures set out in the Budget from the perspective of low earners here
Budget 2010: Helping the “squeezed middle”, 22 March
Senior Economist, Matthew Whittaker, writes a guest blog for Left Foot Forward, highlighting the need for a budget that supports low earners
Foundation responds to Health Select Committee report on social care from perspective of low earners, 12 March
The Resolution Foundation welcomes the Health Select Committee’s report on the future of social care and its call for all political parties to work together in finding a consensus but calls for more attention to be paid to low earners in the future reform agenda.
Read full press release here
Foundation welcomes Money Made Clear national roll out, 11 March
The Resolution Foundation welcomes the national roll out of the Money Made Clear. The Foundation has been championing the ‘advice gap’ that low earners face and is delighted that a financial advice service geared towards vulnerable consumers is being realised. Now, more than ever, low earners are in need of help before they miss their first payment. The Foundation has always advocated that Money Made Clear was run by an independent body and the Consumer Financial Education Body is an opportunity to deliver on that at a time when independent advice has never been more important.
Read full press release here
There is a 20-30 year window of opportunity to help low earners pay for social care, 11 March
Councils can play a greater role in supporting individuals who are ineligible for state funded care to access the equity in their homes to pay for their care. Many low-income households lose out in the current care and support system as they are too rich to qualify for state support, having over the threshold of £23,000 of equity in their house, and too poor to meet care costs out of their relatively low incomes.
Read the full press release here
Read our reports Funding future care need and Home equity: accumulation and decumulation through the life cycle
New reports show toll taken on low earning, hard-working households by the recession, March
Two new reports published today show that low earners have struggled more in the recession because of their exposed and overlooked position compared to both benefit dependent groups and higher earners. This leaves them more susceptible to falling into the benefit-dependent group in the spending squeeze to come.
Read the press release here
Behind the Balance Sheet slides are here
The Low Earner Audit slides are here
Our reports are here
Low earners voting intentions in the General Election
The Resolution Foundation works to improve outcomes for the 7.2 million low earner households in the UK. In the lead up to the next general election we want to understand what issues motivate low earners to vote and for whom, especially as they make up a third of the electorate.
To this end, the Foundation is holding low earner select committees in three marginal seats with a high proportion of low earners to explore what issues low income households are concerned about. It will also give their local prospective parliamentary candidates (including the sitting MP) an opportunity to listen and join in the discussion about what they might do as their MP.
We are supporting this work with national polling of low earners. Previously our polling data has shown that low earners are more likely to vote for minority parties and not vote at all compared to the general population.
We have just held our first hearing in South Thanet which is home to the second highest numbers of low earners in the country. It was a great meeting and more information will follow.
Fuel poverty, February
Read our Memorandum to the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee here
Put social care above party squabbles, 13 Febuary
Read our letter to The Times here
The Resolution Foundation welcomes the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's reports on cycles of poverty, unemployment and low pay, 9 February
Read our press release here
Find the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reports here
The Resolution Foundation urge the government to guarantee jobs for long term unemployed, 18 January
Read our coverage in the Guardian and the Mirror
Read the letter to Yvette Cooper
Sensible pre-budget for low earners, 11 December 2009
Read our press release here
Read our analysis of the Pre- Budget Report here
Importance of Money Guidance highlighted in the second reading of the financial services Bill, 2 December 2009
Read the press release here
Read the transcript of the second reading here
Read the foundation's briefing here
The Resolution Foundation written response to Shaping the Future of Care Together
23 November 2009
Read our response to the social care Green Paper here
Low earners pushed closer to crisis by recession
11 November 2009
The recession risks driving the UK’s 14.3 million low earners closer to crisis as the downturn compounds their already vulnerable position. This is particularly true for the 7.2 million working low earners who will continue to be exposed to job loss long after the recession is technically over. If low earners are not supported to maintain their position in work or helped back into work quickly they are at risk of falling over the cliff edge and into dependency on the state.
Read the report here
Read the executive summary here
A full breakdown of the data is available here
'Trust us', Ministers say on care Green Paper sums
4 November 2009
As a member of the Care and Support Alliance the Resolution Foundation has expressed dismay at the Government’s decision to renege on its’ promise to publish the financial modelling behind the care funding Green Paper. Read press release here
Fairness matters more than speed when it comes to public sector cuts
Guardian Online, 1 October 2009
Read the Foundation's comment piece here
Brown prepares his last desperate roll of the dice
The observer, 27 September 2009
‘In a report to be debated on the Brighton fringe this week, the Resolution Foundation think-tank identifies Chris and Julie – and another 13.7 million low earners like them – as the hidden casualties of the recession.’ ›Read
Audit shows low earners paying high price in recession
12 August 2009
With Job Seekers Allowance data published this week likely to show another rise in unemployment, a new report reveals the heavy toll being taken on lower earners and the impact this may have on the wider economy. ›More
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