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.

Amid grief, rage and division, there are seeds of hope and repair to be found in the North East. But they will not flourish if we stay silent. The North East (NE) of England today feels on edge 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 launch of this year's independent state of the nation report which sets out the nature and scale of poverty in Northern Ireland.

The Stigma Free Futures Design team is a diverse group of people, with lived and learned experience of the issue we’re working to change. Through either our professional or personal lives, and mainly, ...

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 ...

This study looks at the shaky foundations of material life for many people, and highlights a worrying increase in the markers of mental ill-health. It examines links between the two, documenting the ...

This report shows the current state of poverty in Scotland. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic Scotland has blighted by poverty with a million people, including a quarter of a million children, trapped ...

International childcare markets Many international childcare systems with significant privately delivered provision and public subsidies include higher controls on public funding, including ensuring ...