There is no single best measure of poverty. It is a complex problem that needs a range of measures telling us different ...

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, ...

Tackling hardship for people receiving work-related disability benefits People receiving ‘work-related disability benefits’ – health-related Universal Credit (UC) or Employment and Support Allowance ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over 100 years ago Joseph Rowntree created us to provide housing in communities and to tackle the root causes of the major social problems afflicting the UK. We continue to draw inspiration from our ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...