This briefing note assesses the Autumn 2026 Budget, the first from the new Chancellor, delivered against a backdrop of war in the Middle East, a fresh energy price shock and a weaker fiscal outlook.

Worrying global developments loom over the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) outlook. Borrowing is up by £11 billion a year on average (prior to the Chancellor’s policy announcements) entirely ...

Today (Monday) the Resolution Foundation has announced that Louise Hellem has been appointed as its new Deputy Chief Executive and will start on 5 th January 2027.

The share of workers in low pay failed to fall the first time in 15 years, and in fact rose slightly on last year, the Resolution Foundation said today (Thursday) in response to the ONS Annual Survey ...

The average shortfall between Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates and the 30 th percentile rent level has now reached an all-time high of 23.3 per cent – equivalent to a £170 a month ‘affordability ...

Conflict in the Middle East has left a huge hole in the UK public finances, halving headroom against the Chancellor’s binding fiscal rule to £12 billion. John Healey must respond with a Budget that ...

This briefing note takes stock of five years of successive cost of living crises, examining how the surge in prices since 2021 has hit household incomes, finances and living standards across the ...

Local Housing Allowance (LHA), which caps how much support is provided through the social security system to low-income private renters, was last relinked to the 30 th percentile of rents in April ...

A new Prime Minister, but a familiar, albeit growing, list of policy challenges. As Andy Burnham confronts the reality of governing, the Resolution Foundation and UK in a Changing Europe have ...

Taxes have risen a lot since the election with policy measures estimated to add around £70 billion to annual receipts by the end of the decade. So in this spotlight we dig into where this leaves the ...

On the whole, the 2020s has been a disastrous decade for UK productivity growth. But an under-discussed revival appears to be underway. While the much-maligned Labour Force Survey’s headline number is ...

The UK economy grew by 0.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, slowing from the strong 0.6 per cent expansion in Q1 in line with economists’ expectations, the Resolution Foundation said today ...