A combined column and line chart showing the proportion and number of low-income households going without essentials, for the last 5 survey waves, carried out between May 2024 and May 2026. The number ...

JRF and Trussell research with More in Common finds public concern with the social security system is high, but this does not translate into widespread support for blunt cuts. When asked what approach ...

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 ...

New analysis of financial hardship and extra costs facing disabled people in Northern Ireland shows that, without serious Government action, their living standards will continue to fall.

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 ...

There are several challenges facing housebuilding which have led to this situation. Some of these are regulatory. For example, the new building safety regime is clearly having teething issues both due ...

Economic security isn’t just about money, local connections and community support matter too. Pride in Place is a key intervention, but new analysis identifies two key challenges. Where do you go, and ...

New analysis shows the areas overlooked for Pride in Place funding and highlights the need to strengthen capacity in funded areas, so plans are genuinely community-led. The UK is marked by deep and ...

The scale of low pay in the social care sector As of March 2024, around 40% of adult social care workers in England were being paid under the RLW (Skills for Care, 2024a), which at the time was £10.90 ...

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