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Unchanged bank rate is a blow to people struggling with squeeze on living standards
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JRF responds to news Bank of England base rate will stay the same.
on Thu, 2PM
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Cuts to push 250,000 into poverty as living standards for the poorest under continuing assault
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Today’s announcements places the burden of that changing world on the shoulders of those least able to bear the load.
on Mar 26
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How health-related benefit cuts add up
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This new analysis shows the level of proposed cuts for some example families, and how multiple cuts interact with one other.
on Mar 25
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Starmer's missed milestone? The outlook for living standards at the Spring Statement
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While on average all families are forecast to see a fall in living standards this Government, families on the lowest incomes are set to bear the brunt of the pain.
on Mar 23
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How Budget policies changed household incomes across the income distribution
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Budget policies reduced average incomes, but higher-income households have seen greater reductions than lower-income households.
on Mar 21
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Government fails to make moral choice if cuts rob disabled people of a dignified life
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No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without the very support that is designed to allow them to lead a dignified life.
on Mar 18
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How rumoured disability and sickness benefit cuts compare to others since 2010
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These rumoured cuts would be the largest in social security for a decade, since George Osborne’s 2015 Budget. They'd be 3 times the size of the (subsequently cancelled) cuts Iain Duncan Smith resigned over in 2016.
on Mar 16
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JRF are exploring accelerating a fair transition to net zero and putting low-income households at the heart of climate action.'
on Mar 14
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Spot the difference: why do JRF and OBR forecasts for incomes differ?
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We explain why our approach to income forecasts is more comprehensive and will more closely reflect the actual experience of households’ living standards.
on Mar 14
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Financially insecure voters driving current electoral challenges facing the major parties
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A new study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveals that those worried about their finances are the voters switching parties.
on Mar 12
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Policymakers must address the politics of climate crisis
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The science on climate change is clear, but scientific consensus alone won’t solve climate change. Policymakers need to engage in complex confrontational politics if we want to secure the transition to net zero.
on Mar 10
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Community energy and low-income households
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Community energy projects have existed for many years, but how do they fit in with the Government’s commitment to clean power by 2030 and can community energy really work for low-income households?
on Mar 10
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Factsheet: Health-related benefit cuts
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After months of speculation on the nature of potential cuts to health-related benefits, the publication of the Government’s green paper is expected soon.
on Mar 7
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Surviving on breadcrumbs: resourcing radical hope
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This reflection looks at new research on the scale and nature of efforts across the UK to build alternative futures. How can wealth holders like JRF do more to better support and shield this essential work?
on Feb 27
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Addressing key voters' economic insecurity is vital for all parties
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People aged 35–59 are a pivotal swing voter group that all political parties need to appeal to. They're also the most economically insecure in Britain. What policies will throw them a lifeline?
on Feb 25
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What would Joseph do? A reflection on JRF’s radical roots and their relevance now
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To mark the centenary of our founder’s death, CEO Paul Kissack describes how Joseph Rowntree’s legacy is being reshaped to meet the challenges of deep economic and social change.
on Feb 24
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Households living below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008–2023
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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.
on Feb 19
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Educating the ecological imagination: the work of Black Mountains College
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Learning institutions are emerging to address the ecological crisis, but they need a robust infrastructure to sustain longer-term initiatives and innovation.
on Feb 18
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Reflections on JRF’s AI for public good programme - what we've learnt so far, and what's next for this topic.
on Feb 4
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Growth alone won’t cut child poverty, as gap between UK countries set to widen
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The UK government won’t see progress on child poverty by the end of this Parliament – even with high economic growth – without investment in social security.
on Feb 3
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UK Poverty 2025: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK
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This report sets out the nature of poverty in the UK in the run-up to last year's General Election. It also sets out the scale of action necessary for the Government to deliver the change it has promised.
on Jan 29
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Economic and employment growth alone will not be enough to reduce poverty levels
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Economic and employment growth alone will not be enough to reduce poverty levels.
on Jan 29
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UK Poverty 2025 launch webinar
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Join our event to hear the latest findings of JRF’s flagship annual report, UK Poverty 2025. 10.30am - 12pm, Thursday 30 January 2025.
on Jan 14
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AI and countervailing power in the UK
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Reflections, learnings and take-aways from JRF's November 2024 workshop, aimed at mapping and assessing sources of AI countervailing power in the UK.
on Jan 14
From jrf.org.uk
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Do you want to help build a more equitable and just future, free from poverty? Join us and use your skills to make a real difference.
on Jan 8
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Visual empathy: capturing poverty through a stigma-free lens
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Photography and imagery can be developed through an ‘anti-stigma’ lens. The Stigma Free Futures Design team worked with JRF, and photographer Sukhy Hullait, to do just that.
on Jan 6
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UK Poverty 2024: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK
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The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK
on Dec 20
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Poverty stigma: a glue that holds poverty in place
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Poverty stigma exacerbates shamefully high rates of poverty in the UK. It can affect health as much as trying to survive on a low income. How do we combat it?
on Dec 20
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Changing the narrative on wealth inequality
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New approaches to framing wealth inequality as a social problem could build political pressure for change.
on Dec 20
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No end in sight for living standards crisis: JRF’s cost of living tracker, winter 2024
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The Government must tackle stagnant levels of hardship as part of their mission for growth, with worse living standards to come if no action is taken.
on Dec 18
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation funds and works in partnership with other organisations to unlock the UK from poverty
on Dec 2
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Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households at higher risk of very deep, long-term poverty
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Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households are 2 to 3 times more likely to experience persistent very deep poverty, compared to white households.
on Dec 2
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Inadequate Universal Credit and barriers to work
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With around nine in ten low-income households receiving Universal Credit unable to afford essentials, this summary draws on growing evidence to show how inadequate income can act as a barrier to work.
on Nov 27
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How a transformed social security system can change lives
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A short explainer of this year’s Poverty in Scotland report that shows that social security can both embed and alleviate poverty.
on Nov 26
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Unlocking benefits: Tackling barriers for disabled people wanting to work
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Reforms are needed to unlock work for people receiving work-related disability benefits, as informed by research with disabled people in partnership with Scope.
on Nov 14
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Alternative voice: inclusive decision-making empowering Dundee’s community
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What key aspects and principles make this community's participatory approach successful? Dundee people with lived experience of poverty share their thoughts.
on Nov 7
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A budget that does not ‘put more pounds in people’s pockets’
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Living standards are set to return to the depths experienced during the cost-of-living crisis by the end of this parliament, with those on the lowest incomes faring the worst.
on Oct 31
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The real inheritance: UK living standards crisis at October Budget
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JRF is calling on the Government to place a strategy for household economic security at the heart of its strategy for growth.
on Oct 25
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Stop the freeze: permanently re-link housing benefits to private rents
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If the Government wants to end emergency food parcels and tackle child poverty and homelessness, re-linking benefits to costs is the right thing to do.
on Oct 18
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A protected minimum floor in Universal Credit
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Urgent action is required to alleviate hardship and advance the Government's goal of ending reliance on emergency food parcels.
on Oct 10
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This year our report asks how effective social security is at reducing poverty and advancing equality in Scotland.
on Oct 7
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Autumn Budget must deliver urgent plan for hardship
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As winter energy prices rise again, people will be plunged deeper into hardship unless the government acts. The Budget must offer an urgent plan for hardship.
on Oct 1
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Unlocking community power to tackle hardship
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In our new short film series, we highlight 4 organisations making a powerful impact in tackling hardship.
on Sep 30
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Analysis suggests that without additional actions, economic growth will not be enough to reduce poverty levels.
on Sep 23
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JRF will be delivering a diverse programme of events at Labour and Conservative party conferences in 2024. 14 September 2024-2 October 2024
on Sep 20
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Destitution by design: righting the wrongs of UK immigration policy in Scotland
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This briefing outlines the immediate and longer-term action needed to address a hidden humanitarian crisis.
on Sep 18
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Reforming social security, supporting more people into good jobs, and helping people afford housing will shift the dial on deepening poverty. But crucial for protecting from hardship, the foundation to get on, are networks of friendship and help in communities and neighbourhoods, and the local...
on Sep 16
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The impact of hardship on primary schools and primary and community healthcare
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Primary schools and GP surgeries are staggering under the weight of hardship. Anyone serious about improving them needs an urgent action plan for tackling hardship.
on Sep 12
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Changing through doing: funding a better system for care workers
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Exploring how our capabilities and funding could speed up the transition to a more just care system, with workers at its heart.
on Sep 9
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New way to explore the cost of living
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We've developed a new interactive dashboard to explore insights gathered from the JRF cost of living tracker.
on Sep 9