Analysis and action on living standards
Can the Government – or the public – afford another energy crisis? Ruth Curtice speaks to Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt and Chief Executive of Ipsos in the UK and Ireland Kelly Beaver to ask how the Government can respond to pressures on global energy supplies and how the public feel about the prospect of another spike in bills.
The Employment Rights Act marks the biggest overhaul of workers’ rights in a generation. But even the most ambitious employment rights will benefit workers only if they are enforced effectively. And compliance with existing labour market rights is already patchy: an estimated 445,000 jobs were paid below the minimum wage in 2025, 1.4 million workers in 2023-24 reported not receiving a payslip, and 2.2 million jobs in 2025 did not come with any paid annual leave.
The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK. We focus particularly on households with low and middle incomes; those on low pay or in precarious work; and those vulnerable to financial shocks.
This briefing explores Britain’s recent baby bust and whether it should be a cause for concern for policymakers. Most developed countries are grappling with a falling birth rate, and the UK is no different.
This briefing note considers the distributional impact of the post-financial-crisis tightening of Britain’s mortgage lending rules on aspiring homeowners and assesses how policy could respond to help poorer families unable to get on the housing ladder today.
The Resolution Foundation calculates the real Living Wage – a voluntary hourly pay rate that is based on what families need to get by. The current national rate is:
Explore our interactive housing indicators or read about our alternative estimate of UK employment.
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