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What's really happening to people’s living standards across Britain – and what can we do to lift them? High Resolution cuts through the noise with sharp analysis and insightful guests. We’ll be exploring the economic debates that actually matter to you - from work, wages and wealth to housing affordability and decisions on tax, benefits and public services.
High Resolution is a podcast from the Resolution Foundation, an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK. You can find more information about the Resolution Foundation, including the latest analysis, on our website: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/
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- Small change? · 28 min · Episodio 19Was John Healey's Budget worth the wait? Tom Clark is joined by Ruth Curtice and Sophie Hale to discuss the first fiscal event of the Burnham government. The Resolution…
- Room to breathe? · 36 min · Episodio 18What can we expect from the first Budget of the Burnham administration? Ruth Curtice and Greg Thwaites break down the economic challenges and political trade-offs facing…
- The winter of our discontent · 34 min · Episodio 17After five years of high inflation how much can households, and the public finances, handle? Ruth Curtice discusses the long-running cost of living crisis, and scope for…
- Pensions deadlock? · 36 min · Episodio 16Could the end of the triple lock be in sight? Ruth Curtice discusses the first fourteen years of the triple lock, and considers what might come next, with Claer Barrett and…
- Devolution, defence and debt... · 34 min · Episodio 15Can Burnham convert vibes into policy? Ruth Curtice discusses 'the three Ds' with Anand Menon and Andrew Carter. Read 'Policy landscape 2026' now to learn more about the…
- Here we go again: What is the public hoping for – and worrying about – from the Burnham era? · 29 min · Episodio 14What would 'feeling better off' really look like to voters – and how long will they give a new Prime Minister to deliver it? What do people want from the Burnham era, what are…
- New Prime Minister, old constraints: what can a ‘reset’ really deliver? · 39 min · Episodio 13Does Burnham understand the scope of the fiscal hole he's inheriting? Hemmed in by his party's manifesto and his predecessor's fiscal rules, what options remain for him to…
- The generation game · 36 min · Episodio 12Is the promise of generational progress broken for good? Or are things about to turn around for Gen Z? Professor Bobby Duffy and Lord David Willetts join Ruth Curtice to discuss…
- Happy birthday Brexit! · 35 min · Episodio 11Ten years on, how has Brexit shaped Britain today? And what comes next? Anand Menon and Sophie Hale join Ruth Curtice to discuss how a decade of Brexit has shaped our economy…
- Will new technologies make or break our jobs? Book discussion with Sarah O’Connor · 31 min · Episodio 10New technologies have been creating and destroying jobs for millennia. In recent decades, automation has upended the way many people work, and now artificial intelligence…
- How to win a trade war: Book discussion with Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown · 37 min · Episodio 9Trade wars are becoming a feature of the modern global economy and are being tied to actual wars too. Britain has played its part by voting to leave the EU, while President Trump…
- Earning it back · 34 min · Episodio 8Are higher living standards the key to electoral success? Both the Government and the opposition are scrambling for new policies and messages to win back unconvinced voters. Is…
- A shock to the system · 32 min · Stagione 1 Episodio 7Can the Government – or the public – afford another energy crisis? RF Chief Executive Ruth Curtice speaks to Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt and Chief Executive of…
- False starts? · 36 min · Stagione 1 Episodio 6Why are so many young people both out of work, and not in school? Research Director Lindsay Judge speaks to Principal Economist Nye Cominetti and Chief Executive of the Nuffield…
- Understatement of the year? · 34 min · Episodio 5The Treasury promised us a boring non-event, which on the day was massively over-shadowed by events in the Middle East. Ruth Curtice discusses the merits of annual fiscal events…
- Who are 'Unsung Britain'? · 28 min · Episodio 4Britain does not feel like a nation at ease – and hasn’t done for a very long while. By more than two-to-one, Britons last year judged the country to be on the “wrong track”…
- Growing pains · 38 min · Stagione 1 Episodio 3How's the Government's growth agenda going? 18 months into a government elected on a mandate of change and growth, and following the publication of Mountain climbing, we're…
- Brave New Welfare · 29 min · Stagione 1 Episodio 2What can Westminster learn from Scotland on reforming disability benefits?
- When the levies break? · 22 min · Stagione 1 Episodio 1How should the Government support households with energy bills? In October 2025, the Resolution Foundation published research assessing how the Government can help families with…
