Allow us to reintroduce ourselves 👋
The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank focused on improving the living standards of those on low-to-middle incomes. We work across a wide range of economic and social policy areas, combining our core purpose with a commitment to analytical rigour.
The Foundation’s established work programme includes incomes and inequality; jobs, skills and pay; housing, wealth and debt; tax and welfare; public finances and the economy. More recently, it has added work streams on trade, net zero and productivity, as well as covering these issues through both an intergenerational and cities lens.
The Foundation is led by Ruth Curtice (Chief Executive) and David Willetts (President of the Advisory Council and Intergenerational Centre). The Foundation is overseen by a board of trustees, led by its Founder Clive Cowdery, and primarily funded by the Resolution Trust.
We'll be sharing updates about our recent research and policy recommendations on this channel. Watch this space!
This week marks the establishment of the Fair Work Agency - an important step towards better enforcement of employment rights.
How can the Government ensure its success? 👆
Graduates who grew up in deep poverty still earn £2,800 less than their peers 10 years on, even if they earn the same degree, and do the same job in the same firm.
Read 'The long shadow' on the Resolution Foundation website today.
Even after graduating from university, people who grew up in poverty face significant pay gaps when compared with their more affluent peers.
Anna Stansbury explains 👆
If energy bills spike this winter, how should the government respond?
Zachary Leather argues they should start planning now to introduce a social tariff.
Read 'Power struggle' on our website today to learn more.
Last week, the Chancellor promised that families would be £1,000 better off by the end of the Parliament.
That's true... but two-thirds of that uplift has already taken place.
What's missing from the Government's approach to growth?
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"If they're not awful and bloody, then they're not the right ones"
Giles Wilkes spoke to us about the difficult choices still facing the Government, as we discussed the aftermath of the Spring Forecast.
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"I find it quite surprising that the OBR and the Treasury are sticking to their guns"
Andy king, a former member of the OBR’s executive ‘Budget Responsibility Committee’, spoke to us recently about what should be at the top of the in-tray for the OBR's next Chair 📽️
At our event last week, Karen Ward spoke about the importance of policy stability for growth.
Read our pre Spring Forecast analysis on our website today to learn more.
