The triple lock on the state pension should be abolished according to the Resolution Foundation after its analysis found it was too expensive, wasteful and had failed to reduce pensioner poverty.
Typical British households are likely to be £480 worse off this year due to rising energy prices arising from the war in Iran, the Resolution Foundation has warned.
Poorer households across the UK will bear the brunt of rises in energy and fuel prices, which could see their inflation rates almost a percentage point higher than the top earning households by the...
The Resolution Foundation has called on the government to use the Spring Forecast as an opportunity to expand its recently announced jobs guarantee, after data showed the number of young people aged...
The gap between the support for low-income private tenants and the real rates of average rents is set to reach record levels next year, according to a report from the Resolution Foundation.
The government faces calls to scrap plans to abolish lower minimum wage rates for young workers as the number of 16-24 year olds not in education, employment or training approaches one million.
The slowdown in the jobs market is showing signs of steadying, with declines in payroll numbers and vacancies both levelling off, according to the latest labour market data.
A 2p tax shift from national insurance to income tax would raise £6bn for the public purse while tackling the current “unfair and distortionary” bias against employees, a leading think-tank has said.
Council tax debt in England has risen by almost half since the eve of the pandemic as cost-of-living pressures push families into arrears over priority bills, according to research.
A record number of families are living in temporary accommodation as the supply of social housing dries up and support for lower-income households declines, according to new research.
Pressure to increase health and defence spending will make cuts to other public services hard to avoid in the Spending Review, according to a leading think-tank.
The effectiveness of the Household Support Fund has been hampered by “chaotic and declining” funding which must now be put on a firmer footing, according to a think-tank.
Rural and coastal authorities are grappling with a major demographic divergence which has seen the widening of the age gap between the country’s youngest and oldest populations, according to new...
More homes must be built in cities outside London if the government is to meet its target of achieving the strongest economic growth in the G7, according to a leading think-tank.
Clamping down on disability benefits without a proper understanding of why the welfare bill is soaring is “risky in the extreme”, and may exacerbate poverty, a new report has warned.
Cutting taxes ahead of this year’s general election would only meet the government’s fiscal rule if some departments face a “fresh round of austerity”, which is unlikely given the state of public...
The rise of electric vehicles will leave a £10bn hole in UK public finances within a decade as fuel duty revenue dwindles, and the government faces calls to overhaul road taxes to make up for it.
The exodus of working-age people from their jobs since Covid-19 could be halted if the government takes action on pensions, childcare and widespread ill-health, but those who have already retired are...
