Our reading list of the year’s most fascinating, entertaining or insightful works to digest over the holidays
With three prime ministers and four chancellors, it has been a busy year for the NEF. We’ve put together a reading list of our most engaging, entertaining, and insightful work for 2022. From the cost of living scandal to a devastating buy-right legacy, we hope you enjoy this selection from NEF.
- Best interests at heart
Back in February, Frank Van Leuven Reflecting that the cost of public debt is lower than it has been in almost three centuries – not that you know that from the media reports. - Why don’t we understand why poverty is more expensive?
Inflation and the cost of living have dominated our lives this year. In big problems, dominic cadik Explains how inflation hits us all unequally. - UK fuel tax cuts will largely benefit SUV driving elite
Rishi Sunak’s expected fuel tax cut won’t benefit needy, writes alex chapman in the Guardian.Households in the top quintile of income spend almost five times as much each year as those in the bottom quintile - Unless Whitehall devolves power, of‘upgrade doomed to fail
NEF CEO writes that the so-called mission to improve the lives of people across the country requires local knowledge and local power to achieve because Vanbrugh in the Guardian. - The culture of housing associations blaming victims has been handed down from the government
940,000 homes in the UK are damp and moldy.This administration should take health responsibility for it, writes heather kennedy. - The price of class war
Energy bills for the poorest households will rise 7.5 times faster than the wealthiest, research shows – evidence that the cost of living crisis is deepening the huge inequalities that have scarred modern Britain, writes Caitanya Kumar in the Tribune. - Post-2008 austerity costs EU citizens €3,000 a year
The EU is obsessed with cutting national debt instead of investing in public services, living standards and tackling the climate crisis. Sebastian Mount Wrote for EU Observer on how to empower EU governments to invest in a better future. - The Destructive Legacy of Buying Rights
This spring, Boris Johnson said he wanted to extend the right to buy to housing associations.but argue Simon Hillhe ignores the serious costs of the policy. - on wings and praying
alex chapman Lists five ways in which irresponsible government aviation programs put us all at risk. - Why don’t we make our economy work for people and the planet?
As we tackle the climate crisis, we need to answer the question that dominates our politics: How do we make the economy work for everyone? Margaret Wales This problem is solved in the big problem.
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