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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.
#UniversalCredit has been making headlines lately - and not for good reasons. Want a recap of everything that's been going on? In a recent blog, our expert @davidfinchRF outlines the steps the government must take: resolutionfoundation.org/media/blog/del…
Light at the end of the tunnel?We're holding a #Budget2018 event next week with with @AnnelieseDodds and @nickmacpherson2, presenting key findings from our pre-Budget report: resolutionfoundation.org/events/light-a…
Yesterday's inflation figures were mixed news for for low-income working families. Our analyst @adamcorlett explains why here in his blog on the ongoing benefit freeze: resolutionfoundation.org/media/blog/des…
#UniversalCredit has been making headlines lately - and not for good reasons. Want a recap of everything that's been going on? In his blog from yesterday, our expert @davidfinchRF outlines the steps the government must take: resolutionfoundation.org/media/blog/del…
Ready for #Budget2018? On October 24th we're hosting a pre-Budget event with @AnnelieseDodds and @nickmacpherson2 - and will be presenting key findings from our pre-Budget report, highlighting some of the challenges and trade-offs facing the Chancellor: resolutionfoundation.org/events/light-a…
Today we learned just how deep the benefit freeze will be in its fourth and final year. Here's more on its impact so far - and why it should be cancelled: resolutionfoundation.org/media/blog/des…
• Average wages are rising at 3.1% now (before inflation) • The state pension will be increased by 2.6% in April • But working-age benefits are set to be frozen again – unless there's a change in the Budget • JSA has almost fallen back to 1991 levels resolutionfoundation.org/media/blog/des… Retweeted by ResolutionFoundation
Wondering what the latest is on house prices - and if the recent slow-down will make a significant difference? Interesting thread from our analyst @dan_tomlinson_ on today's @ons figures: twitter.com/dan_tomlinson_…
Today's fall in inflation is good for consumers, but worth noting that CPI tends to follow producer price inflation with a slight lag (non-scientific chart below). So increases in factory gate & producer input inflation (to 3.1% & 10.3%) imply CPI might hold up in the near-term Retweeted by ResolutionFoundation
