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Read the latest blogs exploring how our data is being used to tackle poverty and promote economic wellbeing.

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5 Dec 2025

Creating meaningful data visualisation from 5m de-identified bank accounts

How do we make sure our data insights can have immediate impact upon viewing? 
InnovationSmart dataEconomic Wellbeing
5 Dec 2025

2024 vs 2025: What’s Changing in Britain’s Financial Health?

These indicators highlight patterns and shifts, combined with contextual data, they help reveal drivers of poverty, inequality and financial vulnerability
InsightsReportEconomic WellbeingCost of Living Crisis
4 Dec 2025

Financial Footprints: A New Approach to Quantifying Fuel Poverty

For an increasing number of people, energy bills are a source of financial stress and insecurity; but fuel poverty is still poorly understood.
ResearchFINDSInsightsCost of Living Crisis
3 Dec 2025

Insights from November’s Economic Nowcast

Average incomes across GB are up 3.04% and people living beyond their means has decreased 1.2%
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
Stone building with HM Treasury embossed on it
27 Nov 2025

Autumn Budget 2025 – how can we assess its impact on economic wellbeing?

The Autumn Budget will affect the financial wellbeing of UK families. By using smart data, we can to trace some of these effects in near real-time.
PolicyResearchFINDS
18 Nov 2025

Economic Wellbeing Explorer Across Great Britain

An update on some of the insights you can gather across Great Britain in the Explorer.
InsightsEconomic Wellbeing
17 Nov 2025

Webinar: Launch of the Economic Wellbeing Explorer

The launch of the Economic Wellbeing Explorer, a pioneering data and insight platform designed to shine a light on the drivers of economic wellbeing
EventInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
Rui Cardoso shows his laptop to Adrian Ramsay MP
11 Nov 2025

Smart data for smarter policy: Reflections on Evidence Week 2025

We were in Westminster to advocate for the inclusion of smart data in the evidence base for policy making.
PolicyResearchLegislation
7 Nov 2025

From Macro to Micro: Complementing Regional Analyses with Smart Data Foundry

We explore financial wellbeing with TPI to illustrate how top-down regional analyses can be enriched with bottom-up insights accessible to researchers
ResearchPartnershipEconomic Wellbeing

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