Category - Economy

March 8, 2018

RSA warns that most citzens feel locked out of key economic decision making

Most citizens feel locked-out from economic decisions made by key bodies like the Bank of England and HM Treasury, a new study warns — with only 13 per cent in the North East saying they have any influence over central government.
January 25, 2018

Record employment but 'pay continues to fall'

Britain has returned to its record high employment rate, but pay continues to fall despite a record level of unfilled job vacancies, says the Resolution Foundation.
November 23, 2017

UK set for 'longest fall in living standards for over 60 years'
- Britain is on course for the longest period of falling living standards since records began in the 1950s, with the current crunch forecast to last longer than the post-crisis income squeeze, the Resolution Foundation said today.
November 21, 2017

Involve citizens in economic decision-making, says RSA

Policymakers, including the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Bank of England, must take urgent action to involve citizens in economic decision-making, warns a new report.
September 6, 2017

'Our economic model is broken', says Archbishop of Canterbury

The UK economy no longer translates economic growth into rising earnings, finds Commission on Economic Justice. Gains from growth have gone largely into profits rather than wages,
August 29, 2017

WEF launches third edition of Global Shapers Annual Survey

The World Economic Forum yesterday launched the third edition of the world’s most geographically diverse survey of millennials, the Global Shapers Annual Survey 2017.
March 27, 2017

UN agrees roadmap to women’s economic empowerment

The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women has agreed on a roadmap to women’s full and equal participation in the economy as a vital step to achieving sustainable development as the body concluded its two-week session.
January 3, 2017

Churches chief to have voice at world economic summit

The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches will participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos from 17-20 January 2017.
March 16, 2016

Tax cuts for the rich, taxes and cuts for the poor

A regular theme of George Osborne's Chancellorship has been to reduce taxes for the rich while cutting the wages and services of everyone else, particularly those who are poorer.
March 16, 2016

Budget 2016 - violence in a smart suit

Gandhi said 'Poverty is the worst form of violence.' That being so, the Budget was a violent attack on people already battered and bruised.