Housing costs are the biggest chunk of your monthly bills, and they’re going up. We must make housing more affordable, or more people will become homeless. We need quality homes that people on low incomes can afford to rent – like these in Norwich. #BuildSocialHousing

Today the Bank of England upgraded its economic outlook for the UK in 2023, as it increased interest rates for the tenth successive time to 4%. But it also showed the UK is in the midst of the weakest 20-year period of growth since 1938: resolutionfoundation.org/press-releases…

NEW: The government’s freezing of Local Housing Allowance rates for the third year in a row, leaving support based on September 2019 rent levels, will widen geographical disparities in housing support. Read Tom Waters & Sam Ray-Chaudhuri’s briefing: ifs.org.uk/articles/new-d…

"Almost two-thirds of the 2022 windfall profits from energy companies were paid to shareholders – a group who tend to already be the richest in society - for example, the richest 1% own 54% of the shares held by US households." open.substack.com/pub/equals/p/t…

We set out a package of proposals to reform pensions taxation that would reduce tax subsidies where they are overly generous, while increasing them for those who need them most: [2/8]

Single parents want to work. We’re calling on Department for Work and Pensions & Department for Education to make childcare more affordable and to work with employers to create more suitable part-time and flexible roles. Find out more: bit.ly/3Y5gY1D #SingleParentEmployment

Jeremy Hunt says focus on the ‘economically inactive’. I say he is scapegoating the sick writes Frances Ryan of the The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

9 March - Wealth Taxes & Social Security 'How will your pay for it?' is the typical response to progressive ideas. This CommissionOnSocialSecurity.org & Tax Justice UK webinar has answers! With the fab Arun Advani Robert Palmer Anoosh Chakelian Patriotic Millionaires UK See bit.ly/40C86lV

Wealth taxes could be key to building a decent social security system into the future. Come to our online event with experts on wealth taxes Arun Advani Anoosh Chakelian Robert Palmer Patriotic Millionaires UK and Michael Orton. 9 March at 1400. bit.ly/40C86lV

📻 'You can see between 1948 and 2007 average household disposable incomes adjusted for inflation had steady growth and in 2008 you really see a break from that trend' Listen to Xiaowei Xu talk about this chart with Tim Harford for BBC More or Less [07:10] bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Over 150 bookings already!!!

Over 200 bookings already! If you want answers to the 'but how will you pay for it?' question that progressive ideas typically get met with, then join this CommissionOnSocialSecurity.org & Tax Justice UK event. See bit.ly/40C86lV

About 40% of families with three or more children on means-tested benefits haven't been compensated for the lack of uprating benefit rates with inflation by the government's flat-rate cost of living payments. Read our cost of living pre-Budget briefing: ifs.org.uk/publications/c…

I genuinely struggle to understand why the government wouldn’t impose a tougher windfall tax on energy giants making record profits to stop energy bills rising for millions that are struggling. Wrong set of priorities summed up in one policy position! bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

'But how will you pay for it?' Social security and the role of wealth taxes - 9 March Final line up of speakers is: Robert Palmer Arun Advani Anoosh Chakelian + Phil White (in pic) from Patriotic Millionaires UK Going to be super interesting! Booking and details at bit.ly/40C86lV

An absolute joke. Just eight enablers of tax evasion prosecuted in the past two years by HMRC. And number of active investigations is way down as well The under-resourcing of HMRC is a key reason for UK's fraud epidemic on.ft.com/3YtA8O5

Just short of 300 bookings now. Fab mix of attendees eg Experts by Experience, third sector orgs, academics etc & interest across social security-wealth taxes. Shaping up to be a great session, so as Anoosh Chakelian says - come along this Thursday! See: bit.ly/40C86lV

Great coverage of wealth taxes in the Metro this week and will be fantastic to hear Patriotic Millionaires UK + Robert Palmer Anoosh Chakelian & Arun Advani speaking tomorrow 9/3 online 2pm 'But how will you pay for it?' Social security &the role of wealth taxes See: bit.ly/40C86lV

I’m delighted to be contributing to this session tomorrow on ‘But how will you pay for it?’

"Wealth taxes - bring it on!" One of many highlights from CommissionOnSocialSecurity.org & Tax Justice UK webinar 'But how will you pay for it?' Social Security and the role of wealth taxes. Hear more on taxing wealth from Patriotic Millionaires UK's fab Phil White #The99% #TaxTheRich at youtube.com/watch?v=LA21uh…