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Child poverty: What difference does a century make?

28 October 2013

When the Fabian Women’s Group published ‘Round about a pound a week’ in 1913 it caused quite a stir. The pamphlet’s edge came not just from its forensic analysis of over forty working families’ budgets and its relentless account of...

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GDP growth is built on pillars of sand

25 October 2013

In response to today’s announcement that GDP grew 0.8 per cent between June and September building on the previous quarter’s 0.7 per cent increase, David Cameron said the economy had “turned the corner” and George Osborne that the country was...

Super-gentrification, inequality and Islington

25 October 2013

London has become a breeding ground for inequality. Growing income disparities and the widening gap between the housing haves and have-nots are becoming increasing visible. Nef’s recent research in the London Borough of Islington exposed not only the extent and speed...

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Scrapping green levies won’t help the fuel poor

24 October 2013

Much of the debate on energy prices has focused on the role that so-called ‘green levies’ have played in contributing to rising costs, as we saw in David Cameron’s announcements yesterday. Back in party conference season there were already indications that...

Opinion

Five of the best environment speeches

24 October 2013

For those who attended this week's Green Growth conference at the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) a rare treat was on offer. Among the useful and insightful presentations by scientists explaining the latest data trends was an inspirational speech given by John...

Opinion

The inequality of happiness

23 October 2013

On Friday the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will publish its latest GDP estimates, which many economists expect to show a marked improvement in UK growth. Not so very long ago an orthodox, if not unarguable, view was that improved...

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