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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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4 Dec 20255 min read
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
27 Nov 202510 min read
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
11 Nov 20259 min read
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 202512 min read
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
13 Oct 20257 min read
Closing the Affordability Gap: An Archetype-Led Pathway to Retrofit Delivery
The study grouped homes based on their construction and age, and then estimated energy savings and retrofit costs for different levels of retrofitting
ResearchFINDS
17 Sep 20255 min read
Unlocking new insights: Covid Income and Spend Dynamics research datasets now in the FINDS data catalogue
Covid Income and Spend Dynamics research datasets (2019-2024) now in the FINDS data catalogue
FINDSResearch
10 Sep 202515 min read
What we're looking for in research applications
Understanding how to apply for access to data in the Trusted Research Environment.
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