Josh Holden

Research Analyst

Josh is a Research Analyst at NPI. In his role, Josh conducts research and analysis using quantitative and qualitative methods. Josh recently graduated from the University of Leicester with a BSc in Economics during which he was also an intern for ComRes, a research consultancy. His main areas of interest are education, inequality and the divide between London and the rest of the UK.

Email: josh.holden(at)npi.org.uk

Josh’S LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Review of Council Tax Reduction schemes in England in 2021/22

A webinar done with entitledto where we discussed the details of this research including what’s changed this year and what trends we can see emerging, was recorded on 1 June 2021 and can be found here. Council Tax Benefit (CTB), the national system …

Published: 8th Jun 2021
Authors: Josh Holden, Carla Ayrton, Peter Kenway
Category: Council Tax

The State of Economic Justice in Birmingham and the Black Country 2021

This is NPI’s second report on Economic Justice in Birmingham and the Black Country, funded and published by the Barrow Cadbury Trust. The question that a report on economic justice tries to answer is how fairly an economy generates and distributes i…

Published: 1st Feb 2021
Authors: Carla Ayrton, Charithra Chandran, Josh Holden, Peter Kenway
Category: Income and Poverty

People and places in London most vulnerable to COVID-19 and its social and economic consequences

The disruption and strain of living amidst a pandemic is felt by all. However, the economic and health impacts do not fall evenly, with a social gradient of risk occurring where income, living conditions, employment type and working conditions dispro…

Published: 19th Oct 2020
Authors: Peter Kenway, Cathy Street, Josh Holden, Rebecca Tunstall, Charithra Chandran, Carla Ayrton
Category: Health

Josh’S LATEST BLOG POSTS

Jan

After pensioners, vaccine rollout should focus on high-risk occupations and deprived local areas

Deaths related to Covid show inequalities for working-age people. Research published last week and this by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show how much the risk of dying during the first wave from Covid-19 depended on what job a person did…

Authors: Josh Holden, Peter Kenway
Category: Health

Jan

Why are so many claims for test and trace support being rejected?

Flagship BBC news programmes are highlighting that a huge number of applications are being rejected. We explained last week how a simple reform to the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme could unblock the problem so as to turn the payment into the …

Authors: Peter Kenway, Josh Holden
Category: Health

Jan

Test and trace: paying the £500 to all workers who need it will show society’s support for those must self-isolate

The Test and Trace support payment should cease to be means-tested so as to reach all who need it. This is the second part of a two-part blog that looks at what is would take to repair the UK Government’s Test and Trace Support Payment scheme …

Authors: Peter Kenway, Josh Holden
Category: Health

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