Category: Resolution Foundation

Burnham denies preventing ministers from speaking about plans for closer relationship with EU – UK politics live

Prime minister wrote to ministers saying he did not want them to ‘advocate for specific options or opine on the likely outcome of the process’Selling nicotine-free vapes to children under the age of 18 has become illegal from...

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Healey accepts ‘hard decisions’ ahead as thinktank says 2020s set to be worst decade for living standards growth – UK politics live

Resolution Foundation says 2020s set to be the worst decade, by far, for more than half a century for rising living standardsSelling nicotine-free vapes to children under the age of 18 has become illegal from today, the...

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‘Scattergun’ budget will still leave Britons facing higher energy bills, says leading thinktank

Healey’s bid to provide ‘breathing space’ over Iran war gives rich almost as much as poor, says Resolution FoundationBusiness live – latest updatesBudget 2026: what it means for your wallet, your mortgage and your payJohn Healey...

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Budget 2026 live: £100 energy payment for millions and rise in bank tax as watchdog warns on stalling living standards

OBR says that living standards are forecast to rise by just 1% over the whole post-Covid decadeBudget 2026: key points at a glanceMartin Lewis said that, when he met John Healey this morning, the chancellor said that, having...

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‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation

Thinktank calls on chancellor to end housing allowance freeze with typical two-bedroom household facing £158 week shortfall amid rent risesMore than 1.1 million low-income families in rented homes face a “cost of housing” crunch...

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UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds

Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisisProductivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according...

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War in Middle East ‘could wipe out growth in UK living standards’

Rising oil and gas prices may affect increase of £300 a year for typical working-age households, says leading thinktankBusiness live – latest updatesThe Middle East crisis could trigger an energy price shock that more than wipes...

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Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank

Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political uneaseIt would take 137 years for lower-income families in the UK to see their living standards double at the...

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