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This research provides new evidence on what it means for families to have a lone-mother who is employed, managing work and family life, often on a low income, for long periods of time.

First the Resolution Foundation says that inequality is rising. Then along comes the Institute for Fiscal Studies to argue, in a report commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, that it has fallen since 2008. What on earth are we to make of it all? It’s partly because the two organisations were looking at different things. 

Public sector pay has been falling relative to the private sector and is expected to continue falling.

The author of a government review into work says a modern economy should be fair and decent.

Hourly pay for younger staff is well below pre-financial crisis levels, says the Resolution Foundation.

It is the lowest year-on-year increase this century.

Some of the self-employed should be entitled to the national minimum wage, argues the Resolution Foundation.

The political ramifications of a society in stasis.

Rising employment and falling incomes among the richest has cut the gap between rich and poor, a new report says.

The gap between the richest and poorest households has narrowed but some regions are some way behind the national average income.

Alex Bryson and John Forth.  Should we be paying public servants more? Some have expressed disquiet over the long-term sustainability of the 1% cap on pay settlements first introduced in 2010 and due to continue until 2019/20. Independent experts who advise government on setting pay for the 2.5 million public servants covered by Pay Review…

Rules should apply to those whose prices are set by a firm, such as Uber and minicab drivers, says Resolution Foundation

Median price paid for a home leapt 259% between 1997 and 2016 while earnings rose only 68%, say ONS affordability data