Figure 2: Most families are set to have a worse parliament for living standards than the last one, with the poorest hit hardest Percentage change in household disposable income after housing costs ...

A year into the new Labour Government, key hardship measures show no improvement — over 7 million low-income families are still going without essentials. The 8th wave of our cost of living tracker ...

New evidence from JRF shows there has been no let-up for low-income families over the last year, with millions of households still struggling to afford life’s essentials, such as food, heating and ...

Source: JRF analysis of HBAI 2023/24 • Renters are positioned on the rent distribution controlling for bedroom size and region. We do not account for actual bedroom entitlement levels under Local ...

Most people in poverty are in working families. Almost half of all workers have experienced low pay in the last 5 years. We cannot rely on work alone to shift the dial on child poverty. It is time for ...

The Government needs a new approach to tackling energy affordability. A rising block tariff could be the answer.

More than 1 in 5 Scots are currently living in poverty, struggling to survive on incomes that fall below what they need. This includes 1in every 4 children in Scotland. Despite the severity of the ...

This briefing sets out the argument underpinning a new area of work at JRF, around ownership and distribution of homes in the English housing market. We need to set policy which works to create a ...

This literature review looks at the main patterns, themes and key issues relating to research on ethnicity and experiences in work in the UK.

This report looks at 3 scenarios where buying private homes for social ownership can play a role in shaping the housing market and growing new, more equitable housing models.

Since 2013, this report has tracked the number of people in the UK living below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS), a public-defined benchmark for a dignified minimum standard of living. It examines ...

This report defines destitution in the UK, looking at how many people are affected, who they are, and the main pathways in and out of destitution. It looks at the impact and experience of those people ...