Housing Priced Out 27 December 2011 by Donald Hirsch and James Plunkett and Jacqueline Beckhelling New analysis shows that the rising cost of essentials had already wiped out most of the gains in living standards made in the early 2000s by families on low and modest incomes, even before the recession began, with increases in the price of food, fuel and other basics greatly outstripping general inflation in recent years. READ MORE
Welfare Tackling the adequacy trap: earnings, incomes and work incentives under the Universal Credit 16 February 2011 by Donald Hirsch and Jacqueline Beckhelling This briefing explores the relationship between gross earnings and net incomes at various points in the bottom half of the income distribution, under both the current tax and benefit system and the future Universal Credit model. It considers how these alternative systems relate to poverty and adequate income levels and concludes with some general observations … Continued READ MORE
