Episode two of the latest series of the New Economics Podcast is out now! Adam Ramsay and Shanice McBean join Ayeisha Thomas-Smith to discuss your party, the Green Party and the future of left-wing politics. 🎧 Listen now: neweconomics.org/2025/10/your...

"Where would a wealth tax begin?" Dr Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah from @neweconomics.bsky.social speaking at our fringe #LabourPartyConference event, ‘Billionaires for Breakfast’.

We need a development model that puts people and our green space before profit - one that delivers genuinely affordable homes, strengthens local economies and supports long-term sustainability. Brownfield sites can play a role. Read our report to find out how. neweconomics.org/2025/05/the-...

Our research on ultra-frequent flyers features in @politicshome.bsky.social👇 Ultra-frequent flyers are: ✈️a tiny proportion of the UK population ✈️taking 6+ return flights a year ✈️driving UK passenger growth ✈️often flying short-haul for leisure in luxury classes www.politicshome.com/news/article...

The Tories' plan to scrap the Climate Change Act would be an act of national self harm, says @chaitanyakumar.bsky.social. Read NEF's full reaction here: neweconomics.org/2025/10/scie...

A testament to the potential of homegrown wind + solar power. From April-June: ⚡️55% of our electricity came from renewables ⚡️70% of our electricity came from low-carbon sources (inc nuclear) In one year: 🌬️Offshore wind energy grew 10% ☀️Solar energy grew 27% www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

Scrapping the two-child limit is one of the simplest levers to lift children out of poverty. This long-awaited change could improve the lives of thousands of children around the country. But replacing it with a tapered system will limit the good that this can do. 1/3

Ofgem's energy price cap is rising yet again. Families across the country are being subjected to a rollercoaster of prices every three months when what they need is long term energy security. 1/3

If the prime minister is serious about renewal, then we cannot wait on growth that may never come. @dhnnjyn.bsky.social responds to Keir Starmer's conference speech

Keir Starmer is wrong to say economic growth will heal the division sown by the far-right in this country. The benefits of major GDP growth are likely to flow to the big business and the wealthiest people, living in the most well-off parts of the country. #LabourConference2025

"You have a series of other options that barely get discussed." Live from #LabourPartyConference this morning, NEF's Deputy Chief Exec, Hannah Peaker, reflects on arbitrary fiscal rules, central bank losses, and the need to move beyond a failed and unchanging economic strategy.

“People want real, meaningful control. Why do we still have an unelected upper house? We’ve failed to evolve our democracy” NEF chief exec @dhnnjyn.bsky.social on why we’re seeing a rise in populist and far right politics in the UK right now. At our RORE event at #LabourPartyConference

Rachel Reeves is faced with the impossible task of rallying the troops around a failed and unchanging economic strategy today. Read NEF deputy chief executive Hannah Peaker's reaction to Rachel Reeves' Labour conference speech: neweconomics.org/2025/09/reev...

Hollie Wright of @neweconomics.bsky.social speaks to how the super rich aren’t leaving the UK & how fear-mongering in the press has been based off a debunked report by a wealth management firm. Adds how wealth is under-taxed compared to work; capital gains tax is at a lower rate than income tax.

JOIN US TOMORROW at #LabourConference! Reclaiming our regions: how mayors can resist the rise of the far right 🕑 Mon 29 Sept, 2-2:45pm 📍 Exhibition Event Hub, ECL w/ RORE partners @thrivingplaces.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @clesthinkdo.bsky.social 👉 neweconomics.org/2025/09/nef-...

Are you heading to #LabourConference in Liverpool? Interested in reclaiming our regions, and how can mayors resist the rise of the far right? Join our RORE fringe event👇 🕑 Mon 29 Sept, 2-2:45pm 📍 Exhibition Event Hub, ECL neweconomics.org/2025/09/nef-...

At the Labour Party Conf on Monday? Join our RORE session on resisting the far right. Held with Mayors & regional leaders, we'll look at the healing role local & regional govt can play. mailchi.mp/9d6532c8061c... @clesthinkdo.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @neweconomics.bsky.social

NEW RESEARCH: The Bank of England costs the government more than the entire Home Office budget each year. But Rachel Reeves can change this and save over £20bn a year. This would reduce the pressure on the chancellor in the upcoming autumn budget. 1/5

I'm glad NEF are are one of 11 NGOs calling today for the Bank of England to stop holding back the green transition. IMHO the Bank's outdated narrow-mindedness has led to an intransigence which is undermining not only the transition, but the UK's chances of economic prosperity and stability.

We want MPs to put pressure on the Bank of England to accelerate the fight against climate breakdown. Our work alongside leading economic and environmental organisations, in the Guardian.

WARNING: The Bank of England is holding back the government’s plans for clean energy and higher living standards. That’s why we’ve joined with leading economic and environmental organisations to urge MPs to put pressure on the Bank to support the green transition. 1/3

Wes Streeting planning public-private partnerships for the NHS: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/24/fears-of-new-pfi-style-disaster-as-firms-handed-6m-to-advise-on-using-private-funds-for-nhs-clinics

The only people who benefitted from PFI were the private companies that made billions in profit from public money, while the public sector faced extraordinary bills, hospitals in special measures and mothballed schools. 1/2

Four days left to apply to our researcher vacancy at NEF. Join our environment team to work on energy, climate, transport and wider decarbonisation. neweconomics.org/about/work-w...

Check out our senior economist @alchap.bsky.social on the Energy Revolution podcast talking airports, economic growth and the climate crisis. Full episode available here: linktr.ee/energyrevolu...

The gender wealth gap sits at 21% - much higher than the wage gap - so why don't we hear anything about it? @ignaciapinto.bsky.social of @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social explains why taxing wealth is a feminist issue in a guest blog. neweconomics.org/2025/09/taxi...

"The government haven't really interrogated the detail of exactly how this is going to help the UK economy." Alex Chapman explains why Gatwick expansion won't deliver the boost to prosperity the country needs💯

Some of the UK’s most distinguished economists have written to the Chancellor warning that fiscal sustainability will not be achieved “without a significant further increase in public investment” to drive economic growth: www.thetimes.com/article/5acc...

Just so we're clear this is a decision more in the interests of airport executives than ordinary people. The secretary of state has gone against the government's own expert advisors to do this.

Slowing quantitative tightening is a double-edged sword: it will ease pressure in bond markets but also tighten the constraints the chancellor has imposed on herself through her fiscal rules. Our reaction to today's Bank of England decision neweconomics.org/2025/09/toda...

The decision to hold interest rates is simply prolonging the damage that three years of high borrowing costs has already done. 1/3

Net zero is being sucked into the culture war because so far, green policies haven't been designed to be in the interests of most people. NEF's @alchap.bsky.social on the latest episode of the New Economics Podcast

Government budgets and spending reviews have become a scramble over how to fix a short-term, arbitrarily determined, so-called "fiscal black hole". @jayasood.bsky.social spoke to @politicshome.bsky.social about how the autumn budget could be a wasted opportunity to improve lives.

"In the UK, these fiscal events have unfortunately become a scramble over how to fix a short-term, arbitrarily determined, so-called 'fiscal black hole." @jayasood.bsky.social on the upcoming autumn budget in @politicshome.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Steady overall inflation rates will mean very little for people when the price of their food shop keeps rising. Families can’t afford the basics but this government is yet to take responsibility for keeping prices stable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One-off investment headlines don’t fix a stagnating economy with high inflation and broken public services. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The boom in purchases of large SUVs comes with a long list of hidden social costs - from road accidents and clogged streets, to more emissions and lower efficiency. As a bare minimum, SUVs should be fairly taxed. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

Episode one of the latest series of the New Economics podcast is out now! @faizashaheen.bsky.social and @alchap.bsky.social join Ayeisha Thomas-Smith to discuss where it's all gone wrong for Labour and why so many people are turning to Reform?

💥Get ready... the New Economics Podcast is coming back to your feeds this week! From political turmoil to the arms trade to extreme wealth, we'll be digging into the biggest economic and political issues shaping our world today.

🚨 PANEL EVENT Join us for a panel & drinks reception unpacking fresh insights from our new project — Who Owns Britain? — which investigates who owns our essential services & how we can rebuild the country. 🗓️ 30/09 7PM 📍 Labour Party Conference 🔗 RSVP www.eventbrite.com/e/who-owns-b...

ICYMI: 💪Communities know how to solve the problems they face. So, as inequality has grown, “by-and-for" organisations have been gaining attention. Our new report looks at how they have been delivering lasting change – despite the challenges they face. neweconomics.org/2025/09/buil...

What if you never had to pay more than 5% of your income on childcare? That's our proposal with Pregnant Then Screwed, discussed on @itvnews.bsky.social neweconomics.org/2025/07/the-...

Friendly reminder to the government: other think tanks are available 👋

Over 5 years, this government will subsidise private landlords' income by over £70bn - that's more than six times the affordable housing budget (£11.5bn). We're using public funds to prop up the private-rented sector. Our research in today's @novaramedia.com piece novaramedia.com/2025/09/10/h...

The majority of people are still concerned about climate change - but this new polling shows why we need to make the case for climate action that reduces existing inequalities and improves peoples lives. www.thetimes.com/article/a339...

It's not right that energy bills are still so high that families are struggling to keep up with payments. We desperately need a National Energy Guarantee to provide affordable energy for people. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

Louise Haigh is right to call out the self-inflicted damage caused by this government's fiscal rules in this article. It echoes our calls for a new macroeconomic framework that's actually fit for purpose. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

The chancellor is right that the government needs to play a more active role in tackling inflation - but her ideas on how (deregulation, suppressing wages, and sticking to her fiscal rules) are wrong. Here's why and what she should do instead🔽 www.ft.com/content/7732...

We need to reform the tax system to tackle extreme wealth inequality and fight the climate crisis. Alex Chapman on Times Radio.

💪Communities know how best to solve the problems they face. So, as inequality has grown, “by-and-for" organisations have been gaining attention. Our new report looks at how they have been delivering lasting change – despite the challenges they face. neweconomics.org/2025/09/buil...