Archive for May 2012
30 May 2012
Leading article: Child poverty needs more creative thinking
Leading article in the Independent discusses the Resolution Foundation report, The Missing Million
28 May 2012
Cameron must quickly rediscover progressive conservatism
Gavin Kelly writes in the Financial Times
27 May 2012
Inequality wasn't the answer: in fact, it was our downfall
Heather Stewart discusses research by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) for the Resolution Foundation showing that low-income households in the UK only maintained their standard of living through the late 1990s and early 2000s by borrowing heavily
20 May 2012
Saving the euro won't solve the crisis. Losing it won't either
William Keegan discusses the recent Resolution Foundation event, Inequality, Debt and Growth
17 May 2012
So now we know whose fault the recession is. Ours
Zoe Williams discusses Resolution Foundation research showing that low to middle-income households were reliant on borrowing to fund much of their spending for more than a decade before the financial crisis
16 May 2012
Revenue on defensive over child benefit
Kiran Stacey, Sarah Neville and Vanessa Houlder quote Gavin Kelly on the government’s controversial child benefit changes
16 May 2012
Europe’s Right still full-steam ahead on mad dash for austerity
William Bain MP discusses Resolution Foundation research showing that by 2020 ordinary people could be no better off than they were in 2001
15 May 2012
Low earners borrowed heavily to spend highly
Norma Cohen discusses research showing that households in the bottom 10 per cent of earners stepped up their spending in the decade before the financial crisis at a rate twice as fast as the growth in their incomes, with heavy borrowing making up the gap
15 May 2012
Low-income households worse off after excessive use of credit
Tim Wallace reports that low to middle-income households were reliant on borrowing to fund much of their spending for more than a decade before the financial crisis
15 May 2012
Inequality led to poorest families taking on more debt, study finds
Larry Elliott reports that Britain's vulnerability to financial crisis was increased by a surge of borrowing by poor households driven by rising inequality
15 May 2012
Low-income households led debt binge
Philip Aldrick reports on Resolution Foundation research
15 May 2012
Underemployed are ‘trapped’ in part-time jobs
Kathryn Hopkins reports that low to middle-income households were reliant on borrowing to fund much of their spending for more than a decade before the financial crisis
15 May 2012
Ed’s got talent, but he has to win over the toughest crowd of all
Mary Riddell discusses Resolution Foundation research
11 May 2012
Great Divide: How the City of London Widened the Gap between Britain's Rich and Poor
Carla Power cites Resolution Foundation research
10 May 2012
More large companies can afford to pay a living wage
Matthew Pennycook writes for Comment is Free
10 May 2012
Will consumers support Living Wage products and services?
Daniel Elton discusses Resolution Foundation research on the living wage
9 May 2012
Queen's speech will hold little hope for squeezed Britain
Juliette Jowit, Alan Travis and Rupert Jones quote Gavin Kelly on the Queen's speech
8 May 2012
Large companies ‘can easily pay workers more’
Norma Cohen discusses Resolution Foundation research on the living wage
7 May 2012
The living wage is ‘affordable and ethical’
Kathryn Hopkins discusses Resolution Foundation research on the living wage
7 May 2012
What price a living wage?
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7 May 2012
Big firms can afford higher wages, says report
The Scotsman reports on Resolution Foundation research on the living wage
3 May 2012
Shared parental leave can be good for parents and for business
Elizabeth Truss MP discusses Resolution Foundation research
1 May 2012
More and more workers join the part-time revolution
Judith Woods quotes James Plunkett on under-employment
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