Amid grief, rage and division, there are seeds of hope and repair to be found in the North East. But they will not flourish ...

Average incomes are expected to fall by £550 over this parliament, meaning the Government risks having the worst living ...

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 ...

New modelling from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that living standards are set to fall across the rest of the decade, with the average family £750 worse off in real terms by April 2029 compared ...

This new analysis shows the level of proposed cuts for some example families, and how multiple cuts interact with one other. There are some welcome changes with people in receipt of benefits having a ...

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 ...

The UK Government won’t see progress on child poverty by the end of this Parliament – even with high economic growth – if investment in social security does not form a part of its child poverty ...

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 ...

As Rachel Reeves unveiled her first budget for the new Labour Government, the 7th wave of our cost of living tracker captured the experiences of low-income households in the UK. Collected between 8 ...