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Benefit reliance has decreased across Great Britain and small changes in all directions across our other indicators.

Promising signs of headcount and earnings growth dampened by inflationary pressures and hits to youth employment.

Low emergency resilience and overdrawn accounts have decreased; while there has been an increase in living beyond means and in benefits reliance.

There were increases in Living Beyond Means and a decrease in Average Weekly Incomes, a sign of economic downturn for personal economic wellbeing

Headcount in small businesses increased by 0.3% year-on-year and median gross earnings rose by 4.1%, marking a further deceleration in pay growth.

The data within the Economic Explorer has been refreshed to the 26th of April 2026. 

Joining Homewards to demo the Economic Wellbeing Explorer at at London Tech Week and to launch their new Homelessness Data Lab

We have launched the Benefits Reliance aggregated research dataset

The Economic Nowcast has been updated with data to the 12th of April, average weekly incomes have increased more than people living beyond means