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Lalitha Try

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Economist at the Resolution Foundation working on improving living standards

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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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...
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Whether or not football ‘comes home,’ the Zoomers never left
Parth Pandya and Lalitha Try
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Jamie Titus-Glover @jamietg.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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...
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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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Parth Pandya @parthpandya.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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.
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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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JamesSmithRF @jamessmithrf.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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...
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
V interesting new substack post from Jamie, on how ethnic income inequalities for people in their 20s have (mostly) reduced over time
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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...
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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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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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...
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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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Elliott Christensen @elliott-xtensen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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.
The scatter chart shows the voting history of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) since 2017 to present. It is annotated with March 2026, the most recent and a unanimous vote, and September 2021, the last occasion the MPC voted unanimously.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 18/03/2026
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
Ruth Curtice, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, said: “The Middle East conflict has brought domestic cost of living concerns to the fore again. These pressures will be most acute with energy bills, where support should be prioritised.

“But with rising gas prices today only likely to hit home this winter, the Government must resist pressure to rush out updated versions of old support schemes like the universal blank cheque approach of Liz Truss. Instead, it should think smartly about how new support can target vulnerable families with lower incomes and high energy needs.

“The best way to do this is with a discounted price for lower-income families. The Government should start designing a scheme with energy companies now, so that it is operational in time for when temperatures start to drop.”
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Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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? 🧵
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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!
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 11/02/2026
Unsung Britain has faced crushing costs in recent years. @lalithatry.bsky.social explains why inflation has not been experienced evenly across the income distribution 👇
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Today we at @resolutionfoundation.org have published Unsung Britain, a book about the 13 million working-age families in the poorer half of Britain.
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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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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Big day tomorrow! Tune in to our conference tomorrow, and check out the book!
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 06/02/2026
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
Chart showing proportion of household non-housing consumption spent on 'essentials,' for low-to-middle-income families & higher-income families: UK
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Zachary Leather @zackleather.resolutionfoundation.org · 03/02/2026
🧵 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...
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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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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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:
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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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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Pay cheque: a word multiple people spent 10 minutes working out how to spell in the office the other week
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I'd been waiting for this day for years and now it's finally arrived!
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 05/12/2025
The Government’s Child Poverty Strategy published today is the first we’ve seen for 11 years – which in itself is a sea change. 🧵 👇
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 05/12/2025
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
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Lindsay Judge, Research Director at the Resolution Foundation said: 
The Government deserve credit for beginning to turn the tide on child poverty and getting rates falling for first time in nine years (outside of the pandemic). This Strategy should be celebrated for setting out a plan to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty over the course of the Parliament.
We have long-called for the abolition of the two-child limit which unfairly penalises larger families, the vast majority of whom are in work, have very young children, or disabilities in the family. Repealing it is the right decision, and the Government should be praised for doing so despite fiscal constraints.
But other child poverty headwinds remain, not least the continued freeze in Local Housing Allowance which risks further squeezing the living standards of poorer families living in the private rented sector.
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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.
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Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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/
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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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Adam Corlett @adamcorlett.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
New spotlight from me covering what the latest inflation data means for benefit uprating out now. Here’s a quick summary:
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Charlie McCurdy @charliemccurdy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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).
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Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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:
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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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Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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...
Chart showing - Number of young people who are NEET, by age and benefit receipt: UK, 2025
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 25/09/2025
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 ⤵️
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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:
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 10/09/2025
Council Tax arrears in England have risen by almost a half since before the pandemic. Arrears continued to rise during the cost of living crisis - with £445 million added to England’s stock of arrears between 2023-24 and 2024-25. That's much greater than the rise seen after the financial crisis.
In recent years, there has been a rapid accumulation of arrears on the biggest household 
bills. For example, total Council Tax arrears in England in 2024-25 stood at £6.7 billion in 
today’s prices, a 48 per cent real-terms increase since 2019-20
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Hannah Slaughter @hannahslaughter.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
We're hiring for *three* roles in the RF research team, at a range of levels from entry to experienced. Deadline for all three is 19th September. More details in the link below 👇
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Here's some info on today's inflation release from James and me. What is particularly concerning from this data is that last month, food inflation rose to almost 5% - which is especially bad for low-income households, who spend a high proportion of their total spending on food.
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Resolve Poverty @resolvepoverty.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Rising energy prices have led to lower-income families having their finances squeezed as more of their budgets are spent on essentials. @lalithatry.bsky.social of @resfoundation.bsky.social shares findings from a recent report on the cost of essentials 👇 resolvepoverty.org/the-bare-necessities/
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The bare necessities - Resolve Poverty
Rising energy prices have led to families having their finances squeezed as more of their budgets are spent on essentials.
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Surprise ONS inflation data today, showing that CPI inflation rose to 3.6% in June from 3.4% in May, 0.2ppts higher than forecast by the BoE. Here's a thread on what is driving this:
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Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Expectations vs reality
Chart showing: Changes to welfare spending announced in the Spring Statement or Pathways to Work Green Paper, at the time of announcement (left) and after the UC-PIP bill (right): UK, 2029-30
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New research out from @simonpittaway.bsky.social and me looking at the cost of essentials in Britain. We dig into the rising weight of essentials in family budgets, what that means for life on low incomes, and what the Government should do about it. 🧵
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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
There’s long been a serious squeeze on the lowest disposable incomes In the last 5 years the rising cost of essentials & associated slanted inflation have added a nasty twist Enjoyed helping out on this important report from @lalithatry.bsky.social & @simonpittaway.bsky.social
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Really excited to publish a new report from me and @simonpittaway.bsky.social on Monday, all about the cost of essentials and policies that would help low-income families afford them. The event should be a very interesting watch!
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The Household Support Fund is now the 'Crisis and Resilience Fund' and will be funded at £1 bn/yr (incl. Barnett) until the end of 2028-29. The first multi-year funding will be very helpful for local authorities delivering the scheme as they can now plan, develop their approach, retain staff etc.
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Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Today we’ve published research on rumoured options for easing the 2-child limit without fully scrapping it. In short, none of the options rumoured to be on the table is an acceptable solution and most would bring cliff edges or distortions into the system www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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Limited ambition? • Resolution Foundation
Abolishing the two-child limit would be the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty; if it is not scrapped, we project that 4.8 million children (34 per cent) will be in poverty by 2029-30, in...
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JamesSmithRF @jamessmithrf.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Welcome downside surprise in UK inflation this morning as CPI falls to 2.6% in March (from 2.8% in February). Next month we'll get a big jump up in inflation and where it goes after that will depend to a large extent on tariffs. A thread on all that to follow...
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
New @resfoundation.bsky.social briefing out from me and @adamcorlett.bsky.social today on the impact of tax, benefit and household bill changes happening this month on household incomes! Here's a quick 🧵on the key findings: www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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Happy new tax year 2025 • Resolution Foundation
April brings with it a series of tax, benefit and bill rises. We examine what these changes will mean for households and the overall outlook for disposable incomes in 2025-26.
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Adam Corlett @adamcorlett.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
2023-24 poverty stats out today. The data is noisy, but since 2020 we've had three years in a row of: • rising absolute poverty • rising food insecurity, now up to 7.5 million people • rising child relative poverty, now up to almost 4.5 million children, adding pressure to the Child Poverty Strategy
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Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Our @resfoundation.bsky.social overnight response document is out now! Spoilers: the outlook's looking pretty dire for low-to-middle income households, especially households with a disabled person in www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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Unsung Britain bears the brunt • Resolution Foundation
This briefing note analyses the choices the Government has made in the context of an awkward backdrop to the 2025 Spring Statement.
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Adam Corlett @adamcorlett.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
No tax rises are expected in the Spring Statement. An under-appreciated reason for that is simply a new principle of only changing tax policy once per year (rightly or wrongly). But there are still tax options available for Autumn and beyond, if needed... 🧵
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Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
But the risk is that some of these positive changes to the system are over-shadowed by the big cuts to PIP and UC-health. Overall, we estimate that low-to-middle income households are set to be worse off in 2029-30 as a result of these changes.
Estimated annual impact of the confirmed newly announced changes to PIP and Universal Credit, by income decile: UK, 2029-30
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Emily Fry @emilyfry.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We're hiring @resfoundation.bsky.social Find out more and apply to join us 👀 www.resolutionfoundation.org/about-us/opp...
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Senior Economist or Senior Research and Policy Analyst • Resolution Foundation
The Resolution Foundation is looking for a thoughtful and committed individual to lead our work on housing. This is an exciting time to join the team as we work to keep living standards at the top of ...
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Mike Brewer @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
A lot in today's health and disability #pathwaystowork Green Paper. Might be helpful to see this in four areas: 1. Big savings (aka cuts) by removing PIP from some disabled people (those who never score 4+ on a single daily living descriptor). Number of losers unclear from today's materials. 1/4
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