Today the Resolution Foundation launches two reports exploring the financial health of low earners. The Low Earners Audit takes an overview of how the UK’s 7.2 million households living on below median income but independently of state support are faring in the recession. Behind the Balance Sheet complements this overview by going beyond the front [...]

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Once again, today’s ONS figures show us that the once-predicted ‘white collar’ recession has not materialised. Instead it is the UK’s 7.2 million low-paid, low-skilled workers at the sharp end of a flexible and global service economy who are being hit hardest. Today the Resolution Foundation publishes its report exploring the impact of the recession [...]

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