Income support
Report
"It’s not enough": why more is needed to lift people out of poverty
The research behind this report finds that the upcoming increase to welfare payment rates in Australia will not be enough to prevent economic distress for a large number of welfare recipients.
Report
The long shadow of the cost of living emergency
People are eating less healthily and cutting down on exercise and socialising due to the cost of living, according to a YouGov poll of 2366 people from across the United Kingdom. This report calls for new government support for struggling households, warning that the long-term...
Report
The Treasury during Covid: what lessons can be learned from the pandemic?
This report examines the UK Treasury’s role in designing and delivering economic support schemes – as well as the problems that undermined government decision making. It draws on over a year of research and conversations with former Treasury officials and others who worked with the...
Working paper
Living wages in context: a comparative analysis for OECD countries
This working paper advises using the living wage as one of the pieces of information that – when properly contextualised – could inform wage negotiations and wage policies set in consultation with social partners.
Report
Interim Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee 2023–24 report to the Australian government
The Albanese Government has released this first report of the Interim Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee. The report will help inform the government’s considerations ahead of the federal budget to be delivered on 9 May.