Of course, this is something that any passing economist could have told the Resolution Foundation--that it is the incomes of rich people which suffer most in a recession and which then recover first ...

Pensioners have gained more than working-age households from tax and benefit decisions since 2010, according to a think tank. The average pensioner is £900 better off as a result of benefit policy ...

The Resolution Foundation has suggested how allocations of funding in the UK government's spending review could deliver an average £370 cash-equivalent gain per year to the country's poorest ...

Oh dear--once again the Resolution Foundation is telling us about the gender pay gap. And as they do so they manage the mangle the statistics. OK, sure, people mangle statistics all the time. However, ...

Working-age households are set for a year of income stagnation in the run-up to the next general election, with the current parliamentary term on track to be the worst for living standards growth ...

Inflation could peak at 15 per cent at the start of next year, experts warned today amid concerns over a 'highly uncertain' outlook largely driven by unpredictable gas prices which are obliterating ...

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The UK’s productivity is near the bottom of the G7 wealthiest nations in the world, in stark contrast to the US, where productivity has accelerated since 2019, according to think tank the Resolution ...

Getting on the property ladder in Britain is incredibly difficult right now because there are too many people looking to buy a home and too little amount of houses that are on the market. As a result, ...

A left-wing think-tank faced fierce criticism yesterday for a report suggesting second home ownership is penalising the young. A report by the Resolution Foundation – which is run by a former adviser ...

The lack of support for low-income families in the Chancellor’s spring statement leaves more than one million Britons on the verge of “absolute poverty”, a think tank has said. Resolution Foundation, ...