Child poverty in Northern Ireland is still too high and people do not think the Executive is doing enough to address it. It ...

Living standards are projected to materially decline over this parliament, as energy bills push inflation upwards again. Between April 2026 and April 2029, the average household will be almost £400 ...

As the pressure of the cost of living crisis mounts, the Government has the opportunity to return incomes to growth for low- ...

Poverty remains persistently high and the interim child poverty reduction targets have been missed. Government at all levels must step up to this challenge as people in Scotland feel let down by ...

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 ...

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 ...

A universal discounted block of ‘essential’ energy would provide certainty and affordability in an increasingly uncertain world. The US-Israel war with Iran has triggered a global energy crisis, with ...

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.