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The biggest hit to disposable incomes since records began in 1950 is forecast by the Office of Budget Responsibility. A crisis without...

As the cost-of-living crisis intensifies, responses from governments at Westminster and Holyrood have taken distinctly different tones. ...

Soaring energy bills have opened up a debate about living standards and costs in the UK. But the cost-of-living crisis goes well beyond...

Lifelong learning – the opportunity for adults to take up learning across all stages of life – is rising up the political agenda. Unesco...

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased reliance on digital technology, widening the gap between internet users and non-users. This...

Martin Sandbu of the Financial Times echoes Silicon Valley titans by calling for a Universal Basic Income. In a lengthy video broadcast...

The Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda is failing the North of England, which needs real transformation not empty political rhetoric....

In a recent study, we find that giving everyone in society a basic amount of free, renewable electricity and access to free public...

A report launched this week by Unison details why it is so important to decarbonise public services. They account for 8% of UK carbon...

Planned emissions reductions by the UK National Health Service (NHS) in 2020-21 are on target to reach 1,260 kt of CO2 equivalent. The...

The idea of Universal Basic Services (UBS) is becoming a hot topic in the run-up to next year’s presidential elections in South Korea. ...

Originally published in LabourHub on 30th June. There’s growing interest in a new social settlement and understandably so. The Covid-19...

Reading ‘The Case for Universal Basic Services’ was a revelation for me. But I couldn’t help but feel there was something crucial missing...

British Columbia channels the Social Guarantee An intriguing trio of leading thinkers - Adam Smith (1759), Chief Joseph Gosnell of...

The recent take-over of 34 GP practices in London by a US health insurance conglomerate offers a stark reminder of why we need a Social...

Where are the natural allies for those of us engaged in promoting a Social Guarantee as central to a healthy recovery? Having unhitched...

Why a Feminist Green New Deal is urgent Originally published by the Women's Budget Group Living with the Covid-19 pandemic over the past...

Originally published in Open Democracy As the long-neglected ship of our public services collides with the colossal COVID-19 iceberg, the...

Anna Coote and Neal Lawson, Director of Compass write in the Guardian Read the full article here

By Anna Coote Originally published by PRIME, 31 October 2020 PRIME is supporting a new programme to develop and communicate universal...