The Government must tackle stagnant levels of hardship as part of their mission for growth, with worse living standards to ...

Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households are 2 to 3 times more likely to experience persistent very deep poverty, ...

Child poverty has remained stubbornly high over the last few years. We have argued that a strong social security system has a crucial role to play in giving families in Scotland a lifeline out of ...

Tackling hardship must involve improving circumstances for people receiving ‘work-related disability benefits’ (health-related Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance) who face ...

Amplifying the voices of people with lived experience of poverty is critical to finding policy solutions to reduce poverty and increase equality. Support for community participation in anti-poverty ...

In a context where neither of the main parties are currently talking about the issues of deep poverty and hardship, this briefing sets out what key swing voters think about these issues. It looks at ...

We are an independent social change organisation, working to support and speed up the transition to a more equitable and just future, free from poverty, where people and planet can flourish. JRF ...

Not enough food. Can’t heat the house. No bed. Can’t pay the rent. Can’t afford the bus fare to go into town. Can’t afford to have a friend over for tea. Living in fear of the washing machine or ...

In line with JRF’s focus on specific directional change, we have advocated and promoted the real Living Wage within the social investment sector, resulting in an extension of the Living Wage Funder ...

One of the greatest challenges we face is the way we’ve come to see our current economic and social models as fixed, even as they are failing us and the planet. We’re living through times of hardship ...

Before joining JRF, Peter worked for almost 20 years in the Civil Service. He led on a number of issues at the Department of Work and Pensions, including poverty analysis, policies, and developing ...