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June 23, 2020

Pandemic exposes inability of low-wealth households to weather economic storm

Lower income households are twice as likely as high income households to have increased their use of consumer credit during the crisis, and are 50 per cent more likely to be saving less than usual.
June 15, 2020

Seaside towns and tourist hotspots at sharp end of job losses

Increases in unemployment-related benefit claims have been larger in areas that started out with higher claimant rates,
April 29, 2020

Report finds women, young people and low-paid bear biggest risks from coronavirus crisis

The bottom 30 per cent of earners are more than twice as likely to be employed in key workers sectors as the top 10 per cent.
March 27, 2020

Poorest fifth of households have seen a fall in income

The fall in living standards has been driven by the freeze in the value of working-age benefits and other cuts, such as the two-child limit, slowly taking effect.
March 19, 2020

Resolution Foundation urges policy shift towards tackling rising unemployment

New measures must be introduced immediately to limit the rise in unemployment, and cushion the income shock for those who will unavoidably lose their jobs.
March 6, 2020

Incomes have fallen for poorest fifth of households

Poorer households have seen big falls in living standards driven by policy choices, says the Resolution Foundation.
January 16, 2020

New report finds more lower income households using consumer debt

Rising use of high-cost credit by low-income households leaves them too exposed to financial shocks, says the Resolution Foundation.
January 9, 2020

Stronger enforcement needed as minimum wage underpayment grows

Non-compliance has been increasing, with over one in four workers aged 25+ reportedly under-paid last year.
January 1, 2020

Slow growth poses risk to jobs in 2020, says Resolution Foundation

The Resoluton Foundation warns that much of the economic data points to a weakening of the jobs market in 2020.
December 9, 2019

Richest households 'enjoy the lion’s share of the UK’s big wealth boom'

Wealth inequality is almost twice as high as income inequality and, having fallen for most of the 20th Century, has increased over the past decade, says the Resolution Foundation.

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