This report from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at how levels of poverty differ between groups of people and regions. UK Poverty 2023 sets out recent trends in poverty across the UK, how levels of poverty differ between groups of people and regions, and the impact it has on people’s lives. These...

This report from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation evaluates the Talking about Poverty project, which ran from 2016 to 2021. This report evaluates the Talking about Poverty project, which ran from 2016 to 2021, and aimed to develop a more effective way of communicating about UK poverty through ‘framing’ – an evidence-based communications...

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at the 'net dependency ratio’ and hoe many live in households receiving more in benefits than they pay in tax. This analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) data for the impact of tax and benefits on household income shows that a record 54.2 per cent of...

This report from UK think tank Bright Blue looks at the adequacy, accessibility and fairness of the UK’s social security system for working-age adults. The COVID-19 pandemic and the rising cost of living has put significant strain on the finances of low-income households, exposing flaws with the UK’s social security system. This report examines the...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at realigning incentives to reduce intergenerational inequality. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest paper, written by John Macdonald, James Sean Dickson and Dr. Michael Turner, proposes policies to address the causes of Britain’s growing intergenerational inequality. Intergenerational inequality is not just an issue of fairness...

This report from UK think tank Joseph Rowntree Foundation is their cost of living tracker for winter 2022/23. This new research highlights that low-income households’ finances continue to buckle under the pressure of the cost of living crisis, as 7.2 million are going without the basics, and 4.7 million are behind on their bills. We...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at designing policies to support British households in an age of high prices. This report from Social Market Foundation think-tank looks at options for designing a durable energy bills support policy It hardly need restating that Britain faces an energy crisis with higher than...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at investing to reduce child poverty this winter. In this report, in partnership with the TUC and CPAG, we make the case for additional household support, combined with revenue raising measures. Instead of further ad hoc support, families need certainty with which to plan for the winter...

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at rethinking child benefit and childcare spending. British governments have been offering cash payments to families for almost 80 years. However, since the early nineties, childcare funding has been relentlessly focused on subsidising formal childcare to enable mothers to return to the workplace after childbirth. When we...

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at the creation of the modern welfare state in 1942 and its impact on family ormation. This philosophical discussion paper looks at the creation of the modern welfare state in 1942 and its impact on family formation. Charles Amos argues from a libertarian perspective drawing on Robert...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at protecting vulnerable households from the inflations crisis. It has become increasingly obvious that the cost of living crisis is going to get worse before it gets better. With energy bills to hit £3,549 in October and forecast to exceed £5,380 in January,...

This report from the Work Foundation looks at removing barriers to training for people on universal credit. Many people who receive Universal Credit (UC) face conditionality requirements which can impact on their ability to take part in training activity. Through qualitative interviews, this research explored how the training aspirations of people on UC are influenced...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at experiences of in-work poverty in London. This report from Social Market Foundation think-tank examines experience of in-work poverty in London Working lives calls attention to the experience of in-work poverty in London, what drives it, and the impact it has on people (and...

This report from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at the current state of poverty in Scotland. This report shows the current state of poverty in Scotland. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic Scotland has blighted by poverty with a million people, including a quarter of a million children, trapped in poverty. What you...

This report from UK think tank Bright Blue looks at informal sources of support for Universal Credit claimants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bright Blue's new analysis reveals the extent to which Universal Credit claimants have received informal financial support from family and/or friends during the course of the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, compared...