The Chancellor’s decision to uprate housing benefits in last week's Autumn Statement was a boost to many low-income households. But PBE's Chief Economist Jon Franklin says it is just a short-term sticking plaster which will not fix the UK's broken housing system. Read more
PBE examines the consequences of the OBR's outlook and the Chancellor's Autumn Statement for charities. Read more
PBE CEO Matt Whittaker gives his reaction to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. Read more
PBE's latest report calls on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to take five proportionate steps to address the philanthropy knowledge gulf holding back the financial services sector in the UK. Read more
There is a philanthropy knowledge gulf in the UK’s financial sector, which is preventing financial advisers from engaging their clients on philanthropy. PBE sets out five steps to overcome this gap. Read more
Jansev Jemal, PBE's Director of Research and Policy, gives her reaction to the Chancellor's Back To Work plan. Read more
PBE's pre-Autumn Statement 2023 briefing Read more
Research and Policy Analyst Beth Kitson gives her reaction to this month's ONS labour market statistics. Read more
PBE's latest research explores the under-discussed gender imbalance at the top of the UK charity sector. Read more
New research by PBE shines a light on the significant contribution of women to the UK charity sector and examines the under-discussed gender imbalance that holds the sector back. Read more
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Drawing out meaningful comparisons across Working Families' collected datasets and advising on how to better enable these comparisons going forwards. Read more
The latest VCSE Sector Barometer, conducted by PBE and Nottingham Trent University's National VCSE Data and Insights Observatory, has found an emerging divide between the experience of small charities – those with annual income below £100,000 – and their larger counterparts in the sector. Read more
The Q4 2023 VCSE Sector Barometer focuses in on volunteer wellbeing, looking at the effects of the cost of living crisis on staff and volunteers, and the ways charities are supporting staff. Read more
The overwhelming majority of trusts and foundations take the responsibility of distributing funds to good causes incredibly seriously. But what about those foundations which aren’t doing all they can to put their money to good use? Read more
Join Pro Bono Economics for a special event to launch research about the state of the charity sector for women who work within in, and are supported by it. Read more
On 27th September Chicago Booth and PBE hosted a fireside chat with Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler, the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Lord Gus O’Donnell, Chair of Trustees of Pro Bono Economics. Read more
Former International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander looks back on his time working with charities and civil society organisations in government during the Labour premierships of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Read more
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Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge discusses her experience of working with charities and civil society organisations as a minister across several departments during the New Labour governments. Read more
Labour MP Harriet Harman reflects on her time working closely with charities and civil society organisations while in government during the Blair and Brown premierships. Read more