Analysis and action on living standards
Our Living Standards Audit, updated for 2018, estimates how household incomes have performed over the last year, and examines under-reporting of benefit incomes in official survey data,
This report contains the Commission’s conclusions, drawing on a deep and wide-ranging examination of the experiences and prospects of different generations in Britain.
This year’s report – the eighth edition of Low Pay Britain – documents the headline trends shaping the low-paid end of the labour market today and highlights the new challenges policymakers should be addressing.
A look beyond the headline data on the forces behind current developments in pay, how the fruits are shared, and the short- and longer-term drivers of earnings growth.
.@FrancesOGrady calls for the minimum wage to reflect the real living wage, to have workers on boards, more collective bargaining and an ‘Us Too’ movement
While many people fear that automation will cost millions of jobs, @FrancesOGrady says that it power imbalances are addressed it can be a huge force for good #lab18
.@FrancesOGrady says that as well as tackling inequalities of income and wealth we need to tackle inequalities of power #Lab18
.@pollytoynbee reflects on the importance of supporting children as a route to tackling inequality. She highlights the importance of surestart and proper funding for further education - a theme picked up by @AngelaRayner at an earlier #Lab18 event
.@lisanandy says that one of her key insights from the referendum campaign was that people will forgo income and wealth for control, agency and power. Labours failure to understand this has been one of its biggest mistakes #LAB18
Important closing thoughts by @TorstenBell at the @resfoundation 'Inequality in Britain' fringe. Particularly that policy matters. #Lab18 Retweeted by ResolutionFoundation
.@EdMiliband_MP ends his comments on a cheerful note by saying that there is a lot of fresh thinking on inequality, and that it is an issue that Labour can rally around
Packed house for our #LAB18 fringe event on inequality in the 21st century. Now featuring a surprise appearance from @PJTheEconomist
Coming up at 6pm - we're discussing 21st century inequality at a Labour Party Conference fringe event in the ACC Liverpool with @Ed_Miliband @lisanandy @MarvinReesCC @FrancesOGrady & @pollytoynbee. Here's our interactive 50yr history of income inequality resolutionfoundation.org/data/household…
For some context on Labour's proposed tax on holiday homes (google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…), this @resfoundation briefing from last year details the rise and rise of multiple property ownership in Britain: resolutionfoundation.org/media/blog/hom… Retweeted by ResolutionFoundation
