This first report from our Ending the Rent Squeeze programme shows combining rent control and tax reform is an impactful, ...

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 ...

Over the past 3 years, JRF has been on a learning journey, working with community groups across the UK, to develop a more ethical, representative approach to our visual storytelling, with co-creation ...

Our latest data charts show clear differences in poverty rates across age groups, with children and people in lone-parent families at highest risk.

Nearly half of the people living in poverty in the UK are now experiencing the deepest forms of poverty. The government has put national renewal at the heart of its plans for the country, but there ...

This study aims to further the development of socially just and environmentally effective carbon reduction policies, by: revealing the distributional consequences of current and possible future ...

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 ...

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?

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

The Government needs a new approach to tackling energy affordability. A rising block tariff could be the answer.

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 ...