Afternoon all, While Wednesday’s Budget might have been a more modest affair than we’ve become accustomed to, RF staff were still crunching the numbers late into the night, soundtracked by Treasury officials cheering on the Chancellor for downing a pint getting through his first Budget. Instead of taking Friday a little easier, we’re still here … Continued The post Budget 2026 special appeared first on Resolution Foundation.

This blog was originally published on the Resolution Foundation’s Substack.  Yesterday the Chancellor told us what the minimum wage rates will be from April 2027 (well, strictly speaking he told the Times on Tuesday…). All rates – both adult and youth – will go up by 3.9 per cent. The adult rate goes to £13.21, … Continued The post It’s good to be flexible appeared first on Resolution Foundation.