Resolution Foundation

resolutionfoundation.org

19 October 2026 20:14

PIP recipients report a huge variety of conditions, and most have multiple conditions. While three-in-ten (31 per cent) report having depression, just 2 per cent of all PIP recipients report depression as their only condition. Only one per cent (or less) report having only anxiety or ADHD.

Mike Konczal

mtkonczal.bsky.social

19 October 2026 19:16

What distinguishes the 1% from the merely affluent? How about having a third child. New post on a topic I've long been fascinated by, the economics and financing of having a third kid, where I finally felt bold enough to go into the latest SCF microdata to get a good answer. /1

Jessica Elgot

jessicaelgot.bsky.social

06 October 2026 09:04

Badenoch says her air defence plan "is not going to be exactly like the Irone Dome. We haven’t called it an Iron Dome." Except this is what it said in the press release. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Resolution Foundation

resolutionfoundation.org

29 September 2026 11:20

It's time to stop being polite about the triple lock. A 'smoothed' earnings link would still have left the real value of the Basic State Pension £12.30 per week higher in 2026-27 than in 2011-12.

John Oxley

joxley.jmoxley.co.uk

19 September 2026 08:19

What on earth is happening?