Most people in poverty are in working families. Almost half of all workers have experienced low pay in the last 5 years. We cannot rely on work alone to shift the dial on child poverty. It is time for ...

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 ...

Beautiful, easy data visualization and storytelling Source: JRF analysis of cost of living tracker surveying UK households in the bottom 40% of incomes, carried out by Savanta. Note: Estimates of the ...

As a Media Manager, Meg helps JRF to reach key audiences and shape policy debates on solutions to poverty. She predominantly works on JRF's economics, work and care policy areas. Before joining JRF, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

This report looks at whether people can reach current levels of MIS based on benefits, Universal Credit (UC) and the National Living Wage. It also looks at preliminary research on the effect of the ...

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 has been a shameful increase in the level of destitution in the UK, with a growing number of people struggling to afford to meet their most basic physical needs to stay warm, dry, clean and fed.