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Get the latest news, findings and research relating to the third sector from the Civil Society Involvement team here on our blog. We want to understand the key issues within the current European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) programme which are affecting the ability of third sector organisations to use European funds effectively.

Working hard(ship): An exploration of poverty, work and tenure

February 28, 2020

The Resolution Foundation has released a new report exploring the connection between poverty, work, and housing in the UK. By tracking the effect of entering work on household incomes over…

Strengthening employee share ownership in the UK

February 27, 2020

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…

Never Ever: Exploring the increase in people who’ve never had a paid job

January 31, 2020

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…

The Long and Winding Road: The introduction and impact of Universal Credit in Liverpool City Region and the UK

January 30, 2020

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…

Skills, talent and diversity in the creative industries: Evidence synthesis and scoping

November 29, 2019

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…

The Liquidity Trap: Financial Experience and Inclusion in the Liquid Workforce

November 29, 2019

In the UK today the threat of being out of work appears to have been replaced by a new worry: financial insecurity.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…

Pay progression for low-paid workers: The role of corporate decision-making

October 31, 2019

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…

Time for Demand: Boosting productivity with public investment, minimum wages and paid holiday

August 30, 2019

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…

Measuring Poverty 2019: A report of the Social Metrics Commission

July 10, 2019

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…

Embedding work and related outcomes into social prescribing: Overcoming challenges and maximising opportunities

June 10, 2019

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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