Theresa May’s speech to the Conservative Party Conference yesterday showed more political will to bring a close to austerity rather than an actual end, writes Resolution Foundation director...
Council tax should be scrapped and replaced with a charge calculated using more up-to-date home values, a Resolution Foundation report out today has said.
Pensioners are £20 a week better off on average than people of working age, after a wave of affluent individuals reached retirement age, the Resolution Foundation has found.
The West of England City region has enjoyed a strong economic recovery, however gains are at risk of being offset by rising rents and house prices, according to the Resolution Foundation.
Income inequality fell to its lowest level since 1986 at the end of the last financial year, the Resolution Foundation noted as latest disposable income data was published.
Chancellor Philip Hammond faces a sharp deterioration in the public finances in his Autumn Statement, but could still increase investment if he delivers his promised fiscal ‘reset’, the...
Universal credit, which amalgamates six welfare benefits, still has cross-party support, despite being beset by delays and fears that it will fail to meet its main objective of encouraging people to...
Home ownership in England has fallen to a level last seen in 1986 thanks to rising housing costs and static wages, an analysis by the Resolution Foundation has found.
The government’s Universal Credit benefit reform scheme must be “reclaimed” from the Treasury in order to achieve its aim of making work pay, the Resolution Foundation has warned today.
Public spending on education and economic development is set to fall to the lowest level on record by the end of the decade as spending shifts towards healthcare and provision for pensioners, a...
It will be challenging for local authorities to implement the National Living Wage rate within the funding constraints of the government’s 1% cap on public sector pay increases, the Resolution...
Unemployment has crept up for the second month running, with 25,000 more people out of work over the three months to June, compared with the first quarter of the year.
The number of people out of work has increased for the first time since the first three months in 2013, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed today.
The Universal Credit programme to merge six benefits into one payment should go ahead, but a series of changes are needed to maximise the number of people helped into work, the Resolution Foundation...
Universal Credit is intended to simplify out-of-work benefits and in-work credits, but in its present form it could make things more complicated for many of those it is meant to assist.
The government’s Universal Credit benefit reform is likely to encourage more claimants into work, but could see them choosing to work shorter hours, at considerable cost to the Treasury, a Resolution...
Much of the focus in debates about low pay has been on younger workers. But many older employees are stuck in low-paid jobs, and making little progress
