Comment We Are Not Machines Sarah O'Connor's new book on the impact of automation and AI on work speaks to the workplace challenges that the WorkerTech Fund is trying to address 10 June 2026 by Louise Marston This article was first published on our Substack Last week, Sarah O’Connor came to the Resolution Foundation to launch her new book ‘We Are Not Machines‘. Fans of her FT column, and… Continue Reading
Events Will new technologies make or break our jobs? Book launch for We Are Not Machines by Sarah O’Connor Thursday 4 June 2026 In a groundbreaking new book, prize-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor sets out to investigate what is happening on the front lines of technological change. The Resolution Foundation is hosting… Continue Reading
Publications Growth Mais-day Resolution Foundation response to the Chancellor’s 2026 Mais Lecture 18 March 2026 by Sophie Hale The Chancellor’s reaffirmation of her commitment to focusing on the UK’s miserable growth rate is welcome and reflects the scale of the UK’s challenge: a decade of exceptionally weak growth… Continue Reading
Comment Launching the UK’s First Workertech Impact Investment Fund 15 September 2025 by Louise Marston Building on five years of proven impact, we’re launching the UK’s first dedicated investment fund for technology that improves low-paid work We’re really proud to be announcing the first close… Continue Reading
Events Saviour or stagnator? Technology, AI and economic growth Wednesday 24 September 2025 Britain is desperate for stronger economic growth, and technological progress – notably through AI – is often touted as a route out of stagnation. After all, technological change is commonly… Continue Reading
Publications Impact & Learning Report 2024 16 June 2025 by Nicholas Andreou and Louise Marston and Aish Moothan Over the past four years, the Workertech Partnership has backed ambitious founders building solutions to improve pay, power, progression and wellbeing for people in low-paid and insecure work. We’ve made… Continue Reading
Publications Yanked away Accounting for the post-pandemic productivity divergence between Britain and America 8 April 2025 by Simon Pittaway Britain’s record of productivity growth in the 2010s was dismal. But halfway through the 2020s things appear to have got worse not better, with official data likely understating the scale… Continue Reading
Publications Ready for change How and why to make the UK economy more dynamic 25 September 2023 by Richard Davies and Nadim Hamdan and Greg Thwaites Britain’s productivity shortfall is its foundational economic problem. Debate about this gap and how to fix it typically focus on raising productivity of existing firms, via two routes. First, innovation:… Continue Reading
