In his budget, George Osborne stated that the average household is now enjoying higher living standards than in 2010. Labour disputes this, saying that this is the first election since the 1920s when living standards are lower than the previous one. These statements sound like polar opposites, but in fact, there is not a lot […]
An unsung success of government policy in recent years has been a great expansion in support for childcare, which has certainly helped more low income parents to work. It’s easy to forget that twenty years ago there was virtually no such help, and this helps explain why parental employment remained much more resilient in the […]
Debate about a basic income paid to every citizen needs to confront important choices about what kind of social support we are willing to pay for The apparent popularity of the idea of a citizen’s income feels rather baffling when set against other indicators of public opinion. If we believe the British Social Attitudes Survey, […]
Low inflation is better news than it used to be for people on low incomes Today’s record-equalling increase of half a per cent in the Consumer Prices Index is short-term good news for the great majority of people in the UK, who have seen prices rising faster than their incomes in recent years. It increases […]