Ending stagnation
A New Economic Strategy for Britain
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Understanding why employers use flexible contracts
At the end of 2023, more than one-in-eight employees in UK were working on some form of flexible contract that can be viewed as ‘precarious’, accounting for 3.8 million workers nationwide. Although there is a growing body of research on the impact of flexible contracts on workers, there is far less understanding about what drives employers to hire staff on such terms. In this briefing note we seek to redress this by drawing on a survey of more than 750 employers to explore why they use flexible contracts, and what might reduce their reliance on such contracts in the years to come.
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In credit?
Assessing where Universal Credit’s long roll-out has left the benefit system and the country
Whoever wins the election will be governing a ‘Universal Credit Britain’, as the final stage of what has been the biggest benefit reform in a generation is due to end with a system covering 7 million families by 2029. This note assesses how the current Universal Credit system compares to the legacy benefit system it is replacing, and how changes in the country over the last decade have altered its impact.
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Electric dreams
How can we decarbonise electricity without disadvantaging poorer families?
A low carbon electricity system will underpin the UK’s journey to net zero, making the electricity we use today greener but also fuelling our cars and keeping us warm at home in decades to come. But this overhaul of our energy system requires a significant step change in investment, with the costs of this spending eventually feeding through to households.
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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:
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Resolution Ventures
Resolution Ventures exists to back innovative start-ups seeking to change the world of work for the better and early-stage ventures seeking to improve the prospects of low-to-middle income Britain.
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