Scrapping two-child limit eases burden on families, but living standards still bleak Measures in the Budget, especially ...

“With families facing the worst parliament on record for living standards, the Chancellor needed to act on the cost of living at this Budget. The true test of this Budget, and ultimately this ...

New modelling from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) finds that living standards are still set to fall across the rest of the parliament (November 2029) but that actions at the Budget have made the ...

New research shows that households feeling economically insecure is driving Labour’s loss of support, not immigration. JRF’s looking at how to improve living standards.

Addressing voters’ economic insecurity will help Labour gain and retain support across the political spectrum, whereas prioritising a particular stance on immigration risks alienating voters on the ...

New JRF figures but the same old story: the Government needs to address the cost of living crisis overwhelming millions of UK households to deliver growth, with fairness at its heart.

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

More than 1 in 5 Scots are currently living in poverty, struggling to survive on incomes that fall below what they need. This includes 1in every 4 children in Scotland. Despite the severity of the ...

A year into the new Labour Government, key hardship measures show no improvement — over 7 million low-income families are still going without essentials. The 8th wave of our cost of living tracker ...

The Government has proposed the largest cuts to social security since 2015. As well as reducing expenditure on health-related benefits, the Government hopes these reforms will support more disabled ...

Very deep poverty is rising in Wales. More people using food banks, unable to heat their homes, or living in temporary accommodation, means the human cost and impact on public services is huge. There ...