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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
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Josh’S LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Modern Poverty: What’s changed in 20 years and why work is no longer the route out of poverty in the UK

After six disastrous years, the number of children in poverty in the UK when the Covid-19 pandemic struck in early 2020 had returned to where it was in 1999, when the government announced its goal of abolishing child poverty within a generation. But …

  • Published: 31st Aug 2021
  • Authors: Peter Kenway, Josh Holden
  • Category: Income and Poverty

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

Addressing racial inequity in Covid recovery - Employment briefing paper

This briefing paper examines the employment and labour market inequalities that Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities experienced before the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to help identify challenges to be addressed during the recovery pha…

  • Published: 16th Apr 2021
  • Authors: Carla Ayrton, Josh Holden
  • Category: Income and Poverty