Thinktanks

Labour could win big with shift to right on social issues, says thinktank
Right-leaning Onward claims Keir Starmer’s party needs to appeal more to ‘left authoritarians’
Peter Walker Political correspondent
20, Jan, 2023 @5:06 PM

UK household income likely to fall by £2,000 a year, says thinktank
Resolution Foundation says UK only halfway through two-year cost of living crisis, with only very richest likely to see income rise in 2023-24
Phillip Inman
09, Jan, 2023 @12:01 AM

FTSE 100 bosses paid more in three days than average UK worker for whole year
CEOs pass milestone nine hours earlier than last year, with pay up 39% on January 2022
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent
05, Jan, 2023 @6:01 AM

Disabled people among hardest hit by cost of living crisis, finds study
People with disabilities more likely to cut back on energy use and food, Resolution Foundation says
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
04, Jan, 2023 @12:01 AM

Michael Gove calls New York Times ‘useful idiots’ for Trojan horse podcast
Former education secretary for England says podcast ‘was replete with errors’ about controversy involving Birmingham schools
Richard Adams Education editor
11, Dec, 2022 @10:00 PM

Bright Blue founder to quit, condemning Tory party ‘betrayal’ of millennials
Exclusive: Ryan Shorthouse says Rishi Sunak and his party lack vision to fix housing and childcare costs
Jessica Elgot
22, Nov, 2022 @11:00 AM

How the autumn statement brought back the ‘squeezed middle’
Respected thinktanks say Jeremy Hunt’s policies will shock Middle England, with higher taxes here to stay
Larry Elliott
18, Nov, 2022 @2:11 PM

Hunt’s budget will mean 19 years of wage stagnation, warns thinktank
Resolution Foundation says had wages grown at the same rate as before 2008, annual pay in 2027 would have been £15,000 a year higher
Mark Sweney
18, Nov, 2022 @1:56 PM

The British people ‘just got a lot poorer’, says IFS thinktank
UK has scored ‘a series of economic own goals’, Institute for Fiscal Studies says after autumn statement
Anna Isaac
18, Nov, 2022 @11:14 AM

Jeremy Hunt says he has not ‘ducked difficult decisions’ as OBR says living standards growth wiped out – as it happened
Chancellor denies postponing financial pain as fiscal watchdog’s figures show eight years of income growth wiped out
Harry Taylor (now); Andrew Sparrow and Graeme Wearden (earlier)
17, Nov, 2022 @8:45 PM

Energy bills: older Britons will pay more but youngest will struggle most, report finds
Cost of living crisis affecting different generations in very different ways, says Resolution Foundation
Zoe Wood
14, Nov, 2022 @12:01 AM

Minority ethnic Britons’ educational success not reflected in pay, study finds
‘Clear evidence’ of discrimination in terms of salary and careers despite academic progress, IFS study finds
Richard Adams Education editor
14, Nov, 2022 @12:01 AM
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