Lalitha Try
@lalithatry.bsky.social
Economist at the Resolution Foundation working on improving living standards
New substack from me and @parthpandya.bsky.social, in which we remind you all that we are in our 20s (and talk about what's going on with young peoples' living standards) resolutionfoundation.substack.com/p/whether-or...
Whether or not football ‘comes home,’ the Zoomers never left
Parth Pandya and Lalitha Try
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Excited to talk about the research I supported during my time at @resolutionfoundation.org! The paper focus ed on what is happening to incomes of under 30's compared to previous cohorts. The news is mixed. Here's a🧵with the key insights. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
They’re coming home • Resolution Foundation
Given Britain’s resurgent ‘NEET’ problem, a rise of living with parents, and intensified political debate on the prospects of young people, this briefing note provides an assessment of the living stan...
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We @lalithatry.bsky.social @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social @charliemccurdy.bsky.social @jamietg.bsky.social have published a report (funded by @cpc-cg.bsky.social) on today’s under-30s’ living standards & what policymakers should do. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications... 👇 🧵with key findings.
They’re coming home • Resolution Foundation
Given Britain’s resurgent ‘NEET’ problem, a rise of living with parents, and intensified political debate on the prospects of young people, this briefing note provides an assessment of the living stan...
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UK inflation data out this morning show an unexpectedly big FALL in the rate of price increases. You might be forgiven for thinking there is a war on, so why is inflation falling? A LOT going on here, so thread to follow. Key point - this is the last fall for a while so enjoy it while you can...
V interesting new substack post from Jamie, on how ethnic income inequalities for people in their 20s have (mostly) reduced over time
Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org · 3mo agoIn our latest Substack, Research Trainee Jamie Titus-Glover looks at how income inequality between ethnic minorities and their White counterparts has changed over the past three decades. Though there are signs of progress, big disparities remain ⬇️ buff.ly/pX0vG2a
Happy new tax year to all who celebrate! Here's a quick 🧵on the tax and benefit changes coming in this month in the context of rising energy bills. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Happy new tax year 2026 • Resolution Foundation
The start of April marks the beginning of the new tax year, meaning households will face a wide range of tax, benefit and utility bill changes. Benefit changes in April will boost incomes for the poor...
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Hummus and non-alcoholic beer have been added to the CPI basket... presumably driven by Resolution Foundation staff's consumption... www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
Consumer price inflation basket of goods and services - Office for National Statistics
The “shopping baskets” of items used in compiling measures of UK consumer price inflation.
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Unanimous in the face of uncertainty. Yesterday's Bank of England decision to hold interest rates at 3.75% was the first unanimous vote by the 9-strong Monetary Policy Committee in over 4 years.
Efforts to deliver a new social tariff for energy bills should start now to help vulnerable families this winter. Read our latest analysis ⤵️ buff.ly/bDPVzLB
In her speech yesterday, the Chancellor said the question people will be asking themselves at the next election is "are me and my family better off?" So what is the answer likely to be? 🧵
Made my grand return to our inflation data response today after a couple of months of being busy working on our Unsung Britain book - here's the thread from James with everything you need to know!
JamesSmithRF@jamessmithrf.bsky.social · 6mo agoUK inflation data out this morning shows a sharp, broad-based fall in CPI inflation from 3.4% in December to 3.0% in January - this is welcome good news. Inflation should now normalise rapidly in the coming months for the first time since before the pandemic. Thread to follow...
Unsung Britain has faced crushing costs in recent years. @lalithatry.bsky.social explains why inflation has not been experienced evenly across the income distribution 👇
Today we at @resolutionfoundation.org have published Unsung Britain, a book about the 13 million working-age families in the poorer half of Britain.
Unsung Britain • Resolution Foundation
The 13 million working-age families across the poorer half of the country are widely courted by politicians. No party can win elections without their votes, and the country cannot succeed without thei...
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Big day tomorrow! Tune in to our conference tomorrow, and check out the book!
Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org · 6mo ago🚨 We're publishing a book tomorrow! Unsung Britain combines analysis & policy with in-depth conversations to understand the needs of lower income families – and we're hosting a major conference. With keynotes from Andy Burnham @andyburnham.bsky.social & Ken Murphy. Register➡️ buff.ly/2tG8LsY
Chart of the week gives you a sneak peak into 'Unsung Britain' – a new book we're publishing on Tuesday. It shows that in the six years leading to last autumn, annualised inflation experienced by the poorest families ran at a rate that was 0.7 percentage points faster than for the richest families
🧵 New research on decarbonising UK farms and what it means for living standards. The good news is decarbonisation should be manageable and won't cost the world - but it'll still be hard, as farming's in a fragile situation. Here's what we found 👇 www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Green your eats • Resolution Foundation
This report provides an assessment of the UK’s progress toward net zero in the land use and agriculture sector – the only major area where emissions have barely fallen over the past 15 years. It exami...
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We're almost a week away from the biggest event of the year: The @resolutionfoundation.org Unsung Britain conference, where we'll be telling you all about the book we're launching on the 13 million working-age families across the poorest half of the country. Be there or be 🟦. Sign up here:
Unsung Britain Final Conference • Resolution Foundation
The 13 million working-age families across the poorest half of the country, who at various times have been dubbed the ‘squeezed middle’, ‘just about managing families’ and ‘alarm clock Britain’ are wi...
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Pay cheque: a word multiple people spent 10 minutes working out how to spell in the office the other week
Alex Clegg@alexclegg.bsky.social · 6mo ago@lalithatry.bsky.social Just to be clear, I was saying pay cheque not paycheck, despite what the subtitles say
I'd been waiting for this day for years and now it's finally arrived!
Alex Clegg@alexclegg.bsky.social · 8mo ago@lalithatry.bsky.social and I ceremoniously set the parameter for the two-child limit to 'off' in our default 'current policy' version of the IPPR tax benefit model the other day. Felt cathartic.
The Government’s Child Poverty Strategy published today is the first we’ve seen for 11 years – which in itself is a sea change. 🧵 👇
The Government's Child Poverty Strategy begins to turn the tide on child poverty. As a result, child poverty rates will fall next year – the first time in nine years (outside the pandemic). But other child poverty headwinds remain. Read our full statement 👇 buff.ly/Tnqasir
In case you missed it, modifying the two-child limit won't reduce poverty by the end of the parliament, but scrapping it will. The first thing any meaningful child poverty strategy needs to do is scrap the two-child limit.
Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org · 9mo agoThis is not the time for half measures. @alexclegg.bsky.social explains why the Government should fully repeal the two child limit on benefits, as part of their upcoming Child Poverty Strategy ⤵️
New @resfoundation.bsky.social analysis: Any of the rumoured half-measure options for repealing the two-child limit would leave child poverty HIGHER at the end of the Parliament than it was when the Government took power. 🧵https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/no-half-measures/
No half measures • Resolution Foundation
The Government’s long-awaited Child Poverty Strategy is due next month, close to, or contemporaneous with, the Autumn Budget. There have been some welcome announcements already: the over-indexation of...
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Real incomes for lower-income households have likely fallen this year, but a 6.2% rise in UC standard allowances next April should contribute to better news in 2026-27
Lalitha Try@lalithatry.bsky.social · 10mo agoThe increase in UC is desperately needed: the value of the UC standard allowance fell by 10 per cent in real-terms between 2012-13 and 2025-26; the April 2026 increase of 6.2 per cent will undo just two-fifths of that fall (40 per cent).
New spotlight from me covering what the latest inflation data means for benefit uprating out now. Here’s a quick summary:
Today’s data show that a weakening jobs market is feeding through into pay. Depressing stat of the day: real weekly wages have increased by just £1.50 since Sep 2024. Here is our thread (from me and @hannahslaughter.bsky.social).
Very encouraging to read that the Government is preparing to lift the two-child limit as part of its child poverty strategy, but it is disheartening that options short of scrapping it entirely are still being considered. Thread on why this would be the wrong choice for an ambitious strategy:
Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November budget
Exclusive: Officials exploring options to change rule that affected 1.7 million children in Great Britain last year
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Good news that the Govt will offer more support to young people who are out of work. But while there are almost a million NEET young people, the support announced today (focusing just on 18-21-year-olds who are long-term unemployed and claiming UC) will reach less than 5% of this group...
Amid reports that MPs and an advisory taskforce will recommend scrapping the two-child limit on benefits, it's worth noting that this step would be the most targeted and cost-effective way for the Government to meet its aim of reducing child poverty ⤵️
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 10mo agoSir Keir Starmer will be told by senior cabinet ministers that lifting the two-child cap is the most effective way of alleviating child poverty amid mounting pressure from ministers and backbenchers
Some new ONS data came out on spending yesterday, covering the financial year 2023-24. What happened to spending that year, and can we trust the data? Quick thread: