Strengthening employee share ownership in the UK
The World Economic Forum has found that wealth inequality in the UK has been increasing over the last five years, while income inequality has slightly declined on average. Addressing this…
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Never Ever: Exploring the increase in people who’ve never had a paid job
The proportion of working-age population that has never had a paid job is currently 8.2%, according to a new briefing by the Resolution Foundation, a 52% increase since 1998. Young…
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The Long and Winding Road: The introduction and impact of Universal Credit in Liverpool City Region and the UK
A new report by The Resolution Foundation assesses the current status and impact of Universal Credit (UC) – the re-designed welfare system in the process of being rolled out across…
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Skills, talent and diversity in the creative industries: Evidence synthesis and scoping
The creative industries are vital to the UK economy, growing at double the rate of the rest of the economy, and also delivering substantial cultural benefits both in the UK…
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The Liquidity Trap: Financial Experience and Inclusion in the Liquid Workforce
In the UK today the threat of being out of work appears to have been replaced by a new worry: financial insecurity. This report from Demos finds that the liquid…
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Pay progression for low-paid workers: The role of corporate decision-making
Low productivity growth, rising housing costs and a freeze of in-work benefits have resulted in an environment where, in 2017, eight million people lived below the poverty line, despite living…
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Time for Demand: Boosting productivity with public investment, minimum wages and paid holiday
The New Economics Foundation (NEF) has released a new report outlining how increasing minimum wages and statutory paid holiday entitlement could solve the UK’s productivity problem. It also says that there are strong correlations…
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Measuring Poverty 2019: A report of the Social Metrics Commission
The Social Metrics Commission was founded in 2016, in response to the fact that the UK no longer had an official measure of poverty. Its ambition was to develop metrics…
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Embedding work and related outcomes into social prescribing: Overcoming challenges and maximising opportunities
In recent years, there has been increasing interest from policymakers in social prescribing as a means of improving public health and wellbeing, including recognition of its role in supporting individuals…
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Pay progression for low-paid workers: The role of tax and wage regulation
There is a growing sense that work is no longer providing a reliable route to better living standards and social mobility. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that eight million working…
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