This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation explores alternatives to Labour Force Survey estimates. The Government is soon to release its ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper, which is expected to repeat the Government’s ambition to reach an 80 per cent employment rate. But this goal only highlights the fact that we currently do...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation looks at the changing economic circumstances of the poorer half of Britain. This report marks the launch of Unsung Britain, a one-year research programme designed to understand the economic circumstances of today’s low-to-middle income families and how these have changed in recent decades, with support from...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation puts the autumn budget 2024 decisions on tax, spending and borrowing into context. This has been the most anticipated Budget of modern times. It had to wrestle with profound – and sometimes conflicting – challenges: fixing the strained public services; repairing failing public services; and breaking...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation looks at the path to a fair transition for the transport sector. This report continues the Resolution Foundation’s programme of work looking at the main challenges from reducing carbon emissions across different sectors of the economy, and how associated changes will impact households on low-to-middle incomes....

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation will preview the big decisions for the Chancellor in the new Government’s first Budget. In this briefing note, we put the big decisions faced by Chancellor in the new Government’s pivotal first Budget into context, discussing the new – and old – spending pressures faced, how...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation revisits pensions adequacy 20 years after the Pensions Commission. In 2002, the Labour Government established the Pensions Commission to review the UK’s private pensions system and make recommendations for reform. Twenty years on from the Commission’s landmark first report, the auto-enrolment pension regime it proposed has...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation sizes up the new Government’s growth agenda as it sets out to make the country the fastest-growing in the G7. This briefing note sizes up the new Government’s growth agenda as it sets out to make the country the fastest-growing in the G7. We explore the...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation assesses the role of planning reform in meeting the Government’s housing targets. The Government has prioritised planning reform as its key policy lever to deliver an ambitious target of 1.5 million additional homes by the end of this Parliament. This note explores the extent to which...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation explores some of the tax policy choices that may face the new Chancellor. Ahead of Autumn Budget 2024, this report explores some of the tax policy choices that may face the new Chancellor, and sets out what reforms could best raise revenue while also improving the...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation examines the Government’s proposed employment reforms. The Government is planning the largest set of workplace reforms in a generation, with plans to overhaul multiple areas of employment policy. These have the potential to make real inroads in the problem of insecurity at work, and would particularly...