Resolution Foundation

A quarter of young children now live in the private rented sector. In fact, children are now more likely than adults to do so. 🏠 More in our last Housing Outlook➡️ buff.ly/SNjZ77G

"Public policy has for too long treated youth disengagement mainly as a supply-side problem" Alan Milburn last week on the need for both supply and demand-side interventions to tackle the NEET rate. Catch up on the discussion here⤵️ buff.ly/5GRYv8o

The gap between the support lower income private renters can get & market rents reached 21% in May. It's approaching the record gap of 23% when support was last increased, but the government currently has no plans to increase support until at least 2030.

This Parliament is forecast to be better for living standards than the last. Unfortunately for Andy Burnham, most of the forecast growth will have already taken place by the time he's expected to take office. What other challenges face the new PM? Find out ⤵️ buff.ly/vTEZMib

Productivity gaps between places are both large and persistent. Although minimum wage and higher employment rates support the bottom of the pay distribution, earnings are more generally linked to productivity. More👇 buff.ly/I7DTRZo

How is Gen Z doing on pay? Despite recent economic stagnation, there has been some genuine pay progress for those in their 20s. For the lowest-paid young people in particular, this increase has been driven by a rising minimum wage. More👇️ buff.ly/f0r83D1

Our poor performance in goods since 2019 is a UK-specific problem. Between 2019 and 2024, the UK slipped from the world’s 11th-largest goods exporter to 14th. Since 2018, UK goods export volumes have fallen by more than any other G7 member. Read how we can regain our trading edge: buff.ly/yjP7R6Z

Have Gen Z got stuck at home? Our recent report took a closer look at the stay-at-home generation⤵️ buff.ly/k30vVVD

Surely we can only tackle the NEET rate with brand new policy solutions? Our latest shows that expanding existing schemes - the Youth Jobs Grant and the Jobs Guarantee - could help an additional 37,000 young people into work. More👇 buff.ly/jnl4E9P

'we have become exceptionally slow at everything' At our recent event yesterday, Sam Richards from @BritainRemade argued that the UK was slowing down just as the world was speeding up. Catch up on what this means for young people ⬇️ buff.ly/j33INdr

The next PM will likely stroll into No.10 to find some unpaid bills on the doormat...a further shift of capital spending towards defence may be necessary, but is less conducive to economic growth than other departments’ spending. Our recent Chart of the Week puts the DIP in context buff.ly/NNAqzpU

The Employment Rights Act is the biggest overhaul of employment rights in a generation. But how do workers actually feel about their voice in shaping their pay and conditions? Check out our research on worker power in precarious sectors👇 buff.ly/v1vBYWZ

Over-25s accounted for nearly half (47%) of apprenticeship starts in the last decade, up from 33% in the decade prior. Read our recent report to find out how ringfencing apprenticeship funding for under-25s could bring a better return on investment⤵️ buff.ly/jnl4E9P

Young people are switching from private renting to living at home. In 2012-2014, a third of people aged 20-24 were private renters. This has fallen to 28%, while the proportion of people the same age living with parents has risen from 51% to 56%. Read more ⬇️ buff.ly/k30vVVD

Pensioner incomes had caught up with non-pensioner incomes by the time the triple lock was introduced. The triple lock, then, can take no credit for the dramatic fall in pensioner poverty in the 2000s. Read more in our latest spotlight➡️ buff.ly/FY93tV6

Is scrapping employer NICs for under-25s the right way to incentivise firms to take on young people? Lindsay Judge sets out the likely cost of this measure - and it's expensive. Catch up on the full discussion here⬇️ buff.ly/5GRYv8o

For young people to land a job out of school, college or university, employers need to be willing to take them on. Read our new report 'Take a chance on me' for how to best incentivise employers to hire young people⤵️ buff.ly/jnl4E9P

Some good news on regional equality: employment gaps have shrunk. Over the 2010s, the gap between low-employment (10th percentile) and high-employment (90th percentile) areas shrank by 3 percentage points. More👇 buff.ly/I7DTRZo

🚨Event - Breaking free of fiscal chains: How to get the public finances back on a sustainable path🚨 Join us to discuss the mistakes of fiscal policy in recent decades and what kind of policies should the new PM consider to get public finances on a healthier footing. Sign up here➡️ buff.ly/LJbSfNL

Productivity gaps between places are both large and persistent. Although minimum wage and higher employment rates support the bottom of the pay distribution, earnings are more generally linked to productivity. More👇 buff.ly/I7DTRZo