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Low earners and the private rental sector, 15 August 2010

Read coverage of our ongoing research in the Observer

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

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

Media coverage of the low earners audit and Behind the Balance Sheet, 8 March 2010

Read coverage of our reports which highlight just how vulnerable low earners' economic independence is and how future spending squeezes must recognise this.

Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, Mirror, Guardian

Blog posts on Left Foot Forward and TUC

Fragile finances: low earners 'overlooked'

Sky News, 29 November 2009

Low earners are being pushed to crisis point as the recession makes their finances even more vulnerable, a report has warned. ›More

Above the poverty line, but out of pocket – Britain's missing third, Guardian, 12 November 2009

Where the wealthy and the very poor have vocal lobbies, a huge band of low earners is ignored. Read Jenni Russell's comment piece in the Guardian.

Debt levels leave low paid at risk of homelessness, Guardian, 11 November 2009

'Britain's 14.3 million low earners are in danger of being sucked into a whirlpool of poverty as official figures are expected to show today that the number of unemployed has passed through 2.5 million for the first time in 15 years.' >Read

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

Cowdery fears over cutting tax credits for low-earners

Money Marketing, 24 September 2009

Resolution Foundation chairman Clive Cowdery says he is concerned about future Governments cutting tax credits for low to middle-income earners in a bid to reduce public spending. ›More

Low earners ‘overlooked’, says report

Financial Times, 24 September 2009

"Low earners have been “squeezed, exposed and overlooked” during the good years of the economic boom, according to a report by the Resolution Foundation that helps to explain this group of voters’ alienation from mainstream politics." ›Read

Read coverage on the Resolution Foundation's low earner voting stats

Independent on Sunday, 26 July 2009

“Research by the independent think tank the Resolution Foundation, which represents low earners, shows support for Labour has halved since 1997.” ›Read

Read a profile piece with Clive Cowdery, the Resolution Foundation's Chairmen

The Telegraph, 20 July 2009

“In growing up the way I did, I was left both conscious of the needs of people for whom social exclusion is a reality, but in the same way it left me with a strong admiration for the next group up the earnings scale who were holding down low-paid jobs and feeding their families and not relying on the welfare state.” ›Read