Events Unsung Britain Understanding the stresses and strains of low-to-middle income families across the country UpcomingWednesday 13 November 2024 Register to attend in person or to receive an access link for online viewers. There are around 13 million low-to-middle income families across Britain today. This diverse group of families… Continue Reading
Events Living standards in later life Are auto-enrolled workers saving enough for their retirement? Thursday 10 October 2024 One of the key goals of the Pensions Commission, published almost two decades ago, was to reform pension saving so that more people were encouraged to save enough for a… Continue Reading
Publications The Living Standards Outlook 2024 29 August 2024 by Alex Clegg and Adam Corlett This is our sixth annual Living Standards Outlook. It provides an assessment of incomes, poverty and inequality as things stand in 2024-25, and projections up to 2029-30 using economic forecasts… Continue Reading
Events A brighter shade of grey? The current outlook for living standards Thursday 29 August 2024 Register to attend in person or to receive an access link for online viewers. The last Parliament was truly awful for growth in household living standards. The combination of the… Continue Reading
Publications Hard times Assessing household incomes since 2010 28 June 2024 by Adam Corlett and Lalitha Try This briefing note is part of the Resolution Foundation’s ‘Need to Know Election 2024’ series and examines how income growth, poverty and inequality have changed over the last Parliament and… Continue Reading
Publications Old age tendencies The impact of tax and benefit changes on intergenerational fairness ahead of the 2024 general election 26 June 2024 by Molly Broome and Alex Clegg and Sophie Hale and Charlie McCurdy and Lalitha Try In this Spotlight we look at the impact of spending, tax and benefit decisions taken since 2010 through the lens of intergenerational fairness. What stands out in this context is… Continue Reading
Events Inflation scarring How has the cost-of-living crisis changed Britain? Wednesday 22 May 2024 Economies around the world exited the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, and jumped straight into the biggest inflation surge for four decades, with a cost-of-living crisis accelerated by Russia’s invasion of… Continue Reading
Events Powering Britain Can we decarbonise electricity without disadvantaging poorer families? Monday 22 April 2024 The UK’s transition towards a net zero economy requires a complete overhaul of our power sector. We don’t just need electricity generation that has been decarbonised, but a huge amount… Continue Reading
