Changing the fiscal rules
A Green New Deal needs public investment. We call on the Treasury to rip up its fiscal rules and take the risks of the climate crisis more seriously. Read more
The housing crisis crisis looks different outside London – but it’s no less damaging
The marketisation of housing drives insecurity even where rents are comparatively low, writes Emily Scurrah. Read more
Regulating the credit card market
Our research with the End the Debt Trap Coalition shows that the Financial Conduct Authority is failing to adequately protect consumers from high interest rates on credit cards. Read more
Wellbeing as economic steer
Lukasz Krebel reports on New Zealand’s wellbeing budget, and what the UK might learn. Read more
Forget GDP growth – greater economic democracy is the main ingredient for a sustainable net zero world
Fernanda Balata writes for Business Green. Read more
Weekly Economics Podcast: Is wellbeing the new GDP?
There’s much more to economics than GDP, but it still dominates the way politicians and much of the press talk about the economy. Ayeisha Thomas-Smith asks Richard Partington and Annie Quick: what should we measure instead? Listen
Weekly Economics Podcast: Generation Left
The polls show that while previous generations became more conservative with age, millennials are staying left wing for longer. Keir Milburn and Shelly Asquith look at the causes and consequences. Listen
Sadiq Khan calls for new powers to impose London rent controls
New report supported by the Greater London Authority recommending six steps towards a system of rent control in London was covered in the Guardian, the Mirror, iNews, Refinery29, and 24housing.
Why should we make rent controls a reality for London?
NEF CEO Miatta Fahnbulleh spoke to LBC about the findings in new NEF report on rent controls in London.
Public sector workers ‘to get above inflation pay rise’
NEF CEO Miatta Fahnbulleh responded to the announcement that two million public sector workers including police officers, soldiers and teachers are to be given above-inflation pay rises on Sky News and BBC News.
Charities slam FCA for failing to end the ?‘debt trap’
NEF came together with other charities and campaign groups in an open letter covered by the Financial Times, calling for the UK financial watchdog to extend the cap on payday loans to credit cards.
Campaigners urge financial watchdog to cap credit card costs to slash debt
NEF’s work with the End the Debt Trap Coalition was covered in the Big Issue and Your Money.
Parent-led nurseries: Are they the answer to affordable childcare?
NEF’s work with Deptford parents to open a parent-led nursery which is affordable and responds to the local community was covered in the Independent.
UK needs strategy to deal with industrial change
NEF research for the TUC on automation and the emerging green economy was covered in the Guardian, Daily Mail and ITV News.
Revealed: how citizen-scoring algorithms are being used by local government in the UK
Duncan McCann spoke to Hettie O’Brien for the New Statesman about a new report showing councils are turning to algorithms to predict the health, income and behaviour of their constituents.
‘Fishyleaks’ website hopes to land those guilty of overfishing
Griffin Carpenter spoke to Karen McVeigh for the Guardian about a new website for reporting bad practice in the fishing industry.
Would the railways run better with a ?‘fat controller’?
Andrew Pendleton argues that our railways should be in public hands, run for public good, in a City AM debate.
Trump, a no-deal Brexit, loan charge repayments and crime figures
NEF CEO Miatta Fahnbulleh appeared on BBC 2 Politics Live with Andrew Neil.
What will be the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the economy?
Alfie Stirling spoke to Matthew Wright on talkRADIO about an OBR report showing that a no-deal Brexit would plunge Britain into a recession.
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