Archive for January 2012
30 January 2012
The way to deal with the rental crisis? It's not capping prices
Vidhya Alakeson discusses why lack of supply is the root of the problem renters face
30 January 2012
Squeezed middle: all pain, no gain
Matthew Whittaker discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
27 January 2012
Osbornomics is unravelling, and Nick Clegg is right to sound the alarm
Fraser Nelson discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
27 January 2012
Talking sense on fair taxation
This leading article discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
27 January 2012
Nick Clegg: taking from the rich, not giving to the poor
This editorial discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
26 January 2012
McJobs are getting better, but politicians must work harder
Stefan Stern discusses Resolution Foundation research
26 January 2012
Middle-income Britain is in state of emergency, says Nick Clegg
Patrick Wintour discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
26 January 2012
How seriously should we take Nick Clegg’s promise today?
Jim Pickard discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
26 January 2012
Clegg gambles on a tax cut
George Eaton discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
26 January 2012
Clegg seeking Osborne tax rethink
The Press Association reports on Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
26 January 2012
Desperate Osborne set to gamble on early tax cuts
Andrew Grice discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
26 January 2012
Clegg urges 'further and faster' tax cuts
Channel 4 News discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
26 January 2012
Nick Clegg: speed up the tax cuts
Robert Winnett discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
26 January 2012
Clegg: Speed Up Tax Cut For Lowest Earners
Sky News discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
26 January 2012
Clegg: Raise tax threshold further and faster
BBC News discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
26 January 2012
Clegg echoes Obama's message
Jonathan Jones discusses Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation
24 January 2012
Young people 'increasingly stuck in rented accommodation'
Mark King discusses Resolution Foundation research showing that the proportion of low and middle income earners aged under 35 and renting has more than tripled to 47% since the late 1980s
24 January 2012
The Wealth Gap: The View from London
Michael Robinson discusses Resolution Foundation research, interviewing Gavin Kelly and Jared Bernstein
Listen (13m 2s)
24 January 2012
The 22-year wait to buy a first home
Mark Bridge discusses Resolution Foundation research showing that low to middle income earners will not see their disposable income approach pre-recession levels until 2020 at best
24 January 2012
Why the sudden interest in top pay?
Tom Clark discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
24 January 2012
Salmond has questions to answer, because the evidence doesn’t support him
William Bain MP discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
Pay freeze to last until 2020 for millions
Randeep Ramesh discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
Squeeze on income shows little easing
Tim Wallace discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
‘Squeezed middle’ set for more pain
Vanessa Houlder discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
U.K. Opens Doors to Entrepreneurs
Ainsley Thomson discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
Weak Wage Growth Burdens Britons
Nicholas Winning and Ilona Billington discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
When the people can see what fairness is, why can't Miliband?
Mary Ann Sieghart discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
Family finances will not improve until 2020
The Telegraph discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
Families face 22-year wait for deposit on their first home
Sonia Elks discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
EIGHT years until Squeezed Middle recover to pre-recession income thanks to pay freezes and rising bills
Sean Poulter discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
'22-year wait' to buy first home
The Press Association discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
David Laws, Former Liberal Democrat Cabinet Minister, Says Tax The Rich
The Huffington Post discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
Bringing the squeeze into focus
Jonathan Jones discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
23 January 2012
Vote of no confidence has crushed Britain's economic recovery
Phillip Inman discusses the Resolution Foundation annual audit of low to middle income households
22 January 2012
More families forced to cut spending, poll shows
Heather Stewart looks at our latest poll results on household finances.
22 January 2012
One third of UK adults 'plan to spend less this year'
The BBC looks at our latest poll results on household finances
19 January 2012
Leaders urge moral capitalism
Faisal Islam discusses Resolution Foundation research
Watch (1m 53s)
17 January 2012
The Wealth Gap - Inequality in Numbers
Michael Robinson discusses Resolution Foundation research
15 January 2012
Don’t argue – pick a benefit to abandon
Jenni Russell discusses Resolution Foundation research
13 January 2012
Cameron hints that relief over child benefit may be on offer in Budget
Roland Watson discusses Resolution Foundation research
10 January 2012
Miliband needs more enemies if Labour is to revive its fortunes
Mary Riddell discusses Gavin Kelly's latest blog
9 January 2012
Ed Miliband urged to start 'bigger and blunter' debate on public spending
Patrick Wintour discusses Gavin Kelly's latest blog
6 January 2012
Let us stay just a little bit longer
Lucy Alexander discusses Resolution Foundation research
4 January 2012
Families 'hardest hit' by welfare cuts
Clare Horton discusses Gavin Kelly's blog discussing whether 2012 will see a more honest conversation between politicians and the electorate
4 January 2012
The World Tonight panel on the squeezed middle
Stephanie Flanders introduces a World Tonight panel on the squeezed middle
Listen (30m 10s)
3 January 2012
Support for austerity holds – but with conditions
Read James Plunkett interviewed on how the government's decision to cut tax credits will “take billions from the pockets of consumers with the highest marginal propensity to spend”.
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