Andy Burnham and John Healey have promised good growth in every postcode across the UK - a laudable ambition which is going to require serious investment. It also requires something that has been rece...

Unions, thinktanks and others say overhaul could provide investment Britain needs

Alternative lenders and automated underwriting processes are making it easier for firms to access cash — but some are being pushed into unaffordable debt

By Kay Polley 29 MPs have written to John Healey to back a Fair Banking Act to spread growth and affordable credit across the UK. As John Healey set out his ambition for “growth in every postcode”, a ...

By Kay Polley 29 MPs have written to John Healey to back a Fair Banking Act to spread growth and affordable credit across the UK. As John Healey set out his ambition for “growth in every postcode”, a ...

A former business minister wants Barclays, Santander and HSBC to each provide £10 million to ‘help unlock economic opportunity in areas that need it most’

A former business minister wants Barclays, Santander and HSBC to each provide £10 million to ‘help unlock economic opportunity in areas that need it most’

A former business minister wants Barclays, Santander and HSBC to each provide £10 million to ‘help unlock economic opportunity in areas that need it most’

If we want good growth in every postcode, devolution of powers must go hand-in-hand with a financial system that works in every postcode too.

If we want good growth in every postcode, devolution of powers must go hand-in-hand with a financial system that works in every postcode too.

Devolution must stop being seen as a constitutional reform and start being treated as an economic strategy.

Devolution must stop being seen as a constitutional reform and start being treated as an economic strategy.

New Economics Foundation and Finance Innovation Lab suggest loan scheme backed by Bank of England could benefit up to 8m homes

New Economics Foundation and Finance Innovation Lab suggest loan scheme backed by Bank of England could benefit up to 8m homes

By curbing speculative excess and limiting funding for destructive sectors, financial reorientation reduces systemic instability and weakens the dominance of profit maximisation in economic organisati...

Open, interactive data on how national economies depend on nature

AI raised big questions for our team. Here is what we learned, what we built, and what we are still wrestling with. By Leah Milner-Campbell, outgoing Director of People and Resources Like many organis...

On dirty money, people want fairness. They want accountability. And they want to know that the rules are enforced.

Call for crackdown as finance linked to corruption, tax evasion and money laundering is estimated at 10% of GDP

The Lab has joined leading civil society organisations in writing to UK ministers, urging them to move quickly to deliver on the government’s manifesto pledge by introducing a robust requirement for l...

For more than a decade, the UK has spoken with rare political unity on one issue: thermal coal has no place in a modern economy.

Financing the economy? The World Inequality Report 2026 is out, so it’s time to ask, ‘how are billionaires getting on?’ Less than 10% of UK bank lending is for productive investment. The Bank of Engla...