The Latest Breaking News from The Resolution Foundation

After a series of bruising setbacks, the Prime Minister can finally point to some positive news: inflation is falling again. The drop, from four per cent to 3.4 per cent, not only beat City expectations but means that over the past 12 months inflation has fallen at the fastest pace…

A wild west labour market and millions of people on NHS waiting lists are responsible for the ballooning benefits bill, not idleness

The study also highlights how mental health issues can even force young adults into lower-paid jobs or unemployment.

Slashing benefits will push even more people into poverty. Neither Labour nor Conservative voters want it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Thinktank says juicy cuts this year follow far bigger increases in 2023 and precede planned ‘chunky rises’

Resolution Foundation calls for auto-enrolment into saving schemes, as millions have no ‘rainy day’ fund

Capital accounts for almost half of sector’s exports and action needed elsewhere, says Resolution Foundation

Around 1.5 million households are anticipated to have increased mortgage costs due to the housing crisis as the period of fixed-rate deals is ending.

‘I don’t yet know if I can’, says chancellor when asked about pre-election tax giveaway talked up by PM