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.

Addressing voters’ economic insecurity will help Labour gain and retain support across the political spectrum, whereas ...

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.

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 ...

Very deep poverty is rising in Wales. More people using food banks, unable to heat their homes, or living in temporary accommodation, means the human cost and impact on public services is huge. There ...

Discussion ahead of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) statement on 26 March has focused on whether the Chancellor will meet her fiscal rule, and the extent to which near unprecedented cuts ...

This report, from the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP), is the 12th in a series monitoring the number of people living beneath the Minimum Income Standard in the UK. It focuses on 3 groups ...

Weak economy: this uses a forecast with higher inflation, lower earnings growth, lower employment and higher housing costs compared to the central scenario. Positive and negative inputs into the ...

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 ...

Tackling hardship must involve improving circumstances for people receiving ‘work-related disability benefits’ (health-related Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance) who face ...