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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
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
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
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
3 Nov 2025

Updates from the October Economic Nowcast

Across GB average proportion of people living beyond their means is 13%
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
Coins stacked in piles next to a small plant
13 Oct 2025

Exploring Regional Differences in Scotland's Economic Wellbeing

35% of Scottish people have low emergency resilience.
InsightsEconomic WellbeingIncome VolatilityCost of Living Crisis
A map of the UK overlayed on a graph going up a down
2 Oct 2025

Insights from September’s Economic Nowcast

Incomes shrink by 1.53%, and an extra 50,000 people are now struggling to make ends meet.
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing

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