A combined column and line chart showing the proportion and number of low-income households going without essentials, for the last 5 survey waves, carried out between May 2024 and May 2026. The number ...

As a Media Manager, Meg helps JRF to reach key audiences and shape policy debates on solutions to poverty. She predominantly works on JRF's economics, work and care policy areas. Before joining JRF, ...

JRF and Trussell research with More in Common finds public concern with the social security system is high, but this does not translate into widespread support for blunt cuts. When asked what approach ...

Figure 2: Most families are set to have a worse parliament for living standards than the last one, with the poorest hit hardest Percentage change in household disposable income after housing costs ...