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Rows over tax rises are going to be what the 2020s are all about. We’re currently in the denial phase Denial highlight: no10 (allegedly) frustrated that officials haven’t identified lots

I see it's "row about working from home" day. Just your regular reminder that it's professionals and ICT that this working from home thing is really about - slightly more

Govt announcing £2bn pot to pay wages of young workers for 6 months on minimum wage for 25hrs a week. Right thing to do - young workers hugely hardest hit

Lots of pub based excitement today. Evidently what's been announced will make a big difference to immediate economic output. But we need to be really careful about how we think

People will focus on the £50bn+ cost of the Job Retention Scheme, but the real challenges with what the Chancellor has announced today are different. Three stand out... 1. Refusing

On the economic side the news is 1) work from home if you can 2) go to work if not UNLESS 3) your work is closed by terms of the

How should we think about the post-crisis future of the UK labour market, is the question Hannah Slaughter and I set out to address. Our answer: by focusing on where

NEW REPORT: Big choices on welfare policy and child poverty in this electionhttps://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/the-shifting-shape-of-social-security/ An end to austerity means this election is very different to the last few - no party

So we set out to answer a rather big question... why does the UK have record employment? A thread... The 3 million strong post-crisis employment boom is something no-one saw