Scrapping two-child limit eases burden on families, but living standards still bleak Measures in the Budget, especially ...

New research shows that households feeling economically insecure is driving Labour’s loss of support, not immigration. JRF’s looking at how to improve living standards.

New JRF figures but the same old story: the Government needs to address the cost of living crisis overwhelming millions of UK households to deliver growth, with fairness at its heart.

Addressing voters’ economic insecurity will help Labour gain and retain support across the political spectrum, whereas prioritising a particular stance on immigration risks alienating voters on the ...

While a parent’s level of education, attitude towards bringing up children and other parental factors also have a bearing, research shows that having more money directly improves the development and ...

The Government said its child poverty strategy will focus on severe and acute poverty, so it must prioritise large families, lone parents and disabled people. The Government’s forthcoming child ...

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

Building connections, through convening organisations with both tech and social/environmental missions, is seen as beneficial. Such collaborations could set agendas outside the commercial influence of ...

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 round up brings together the key evidence relating to the link between poverty and ethnicity in the UK labour market.