🧮NEW ANALYSIS FROM NEF🧮 The poorest households will receive just 3% of the chancellor's #SpringBudget2024 giveaways. The cut to national insurance and changes to child benefit mean the richest 20% of households will get 13 times more than the poorest.

Earlier this week, NEF and over 50 other economists and experts called on the governor of the Bank of England to reprioritise climate work. So, we welcome this news.

NEW ANALYSIS FROM NEF: Child poverty has risen six times faster in the most deprived areas compared to the richest - our analysis of today's child poverty figures. Read the full analysis: neweconomics.org/2024/03/child-…

Amazing to see Gordon Brown advocating for tiered reserves which we NEF have been arguing for since 2022 📈

🚨18 EU member states will not be able to meet their targets for investment in schools, hospitals and housing under plans for new economic governance rules. According to a new study by NEF for EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS.

The guiding mantra of the DWP when supporting people into work - Any job, Better job, Career (ABC) - can trap people in low-paid, insecure work My new NEF blog explores how reforming ABC as part of a joint effort to help people find good jobs could unlock up to £4.2bn/year🧵

We're 75% of the way to meeting our fundraising target - but we still need your help to cut the carbon emissions from flying in a fair way! Donate in the next two days and your gift will have double the impact.💚

The Bank of England needs to recognise that high interest rates are harming the green transition and making it more expensive. The BoE should introduce a green interest rate to make loans for green projects cheaper even while the main interest rate is high.

Plenty to admire from Ben here as usual. The argument is of course right from first principle: 'experts' advise, 'democracy' decides. We should certainly be wary of technocratic answers to political questions. But I think the piece makes a couple of missteps along the way 1/

Didn't expect GB News to be the one to pick up this story, but good to see new NEF polling findings covered: -People estimated the basic rate of Universal Credit was 48% of a minimum wage salary -They thought it should be 53% -In reality it's just 23% gbnews.com/money/universa…

A group of 65 leading economists have warned higher UK public investment “must be a priority for the next government”. Despite the UK's record of low public investment, the economists say the main parties lack “a serious plan to raise public investment”. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

"She has to be very careful how she treads here because economists from across the political spectrum agree that the one thing the UK desperately needs is more investment." Lydia Prieg on Rachel Reeves' plans for the economy

15 organisations, including NEF, have laid out recommendations for Rachel Reeves on how a green financial system can be achieved to power sustainable economic growth financeinnovationlab.org/insights/a-gre…

🏆Our #Researchoftheweek goes to NEF for their report ‘Solid Foundations’ which outlines the scale of what is required to tackle regional inequality and improve lives across the country. (1/6) neweconomics.org/2024/10/solid-… Benedikt Straňák Emmet Kiberd Danny Sriskandarajah