Worrying global developments loom over the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) outlook. Borrowing is up by £11 billion a year on average (prior to the Chancellor’s policy announcements) entirely ...

Today (Monday) the Resolution Foundation has announced that Louise Hellem has been appointed as its new Deputy Chief Executive and will start on 5 th January 2027.

The average shortfall between Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates and the 30 th percentile rent level has now reached an all-time high of 23.3 per cent – equivalent to a £170 a month ‘affordability ...

The share of workers in low pay failed to fall the first time in 15 years, and in fact rose slightly on last year, the Resolution Foundation said today (Thursday) in response to the ONS Annual Survey ...

Over the last decade, Britain’s welfare system has malfunctioned. In May 2026, there were 8.4 million people in families receiving Universal Credit (UC); 5.2 million of these were out of work (in ...

The UK’s relatively strong economic performance this year may finally be starting to feed through into the labour market, with payrolled employment and private sector wage strengthening over the ...

Mike is Deputy Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation. He is also a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Department of Social Policy at the LSE. Between 2011 and 2020, he was a Professor of ...

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The UK’s housing market is not delivering for low-to-middle income families. Families are spending more of their income on housing and getting less for their money; fewer families are enjoying the ...

No two labour markets are alike. But in recent years the UK and the US have rhymed. Both have seen decent pay growth for the lowest earners, though by different routes: a rising minimum wage in the UK ...

Paul was formerly a Research Associate at the Resolution Foundation. Paul Gregg is a Professor of Economic and Social Policy in the Dept of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath. He is a ...

Local Housing Allowance (LHA), which caps how much support is provided through the social security system to low-income private renters, was last relinked to the 30 th percentile of rents in April ...