Progress on tackling child poverty in Northern Ireland has stalled and focusing on work alone will not shift the dial on ...

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

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 ...

While a parent’s level of education, attitude towards bringing up children and other parental factors also have a bearing, research shows that having more money directly improves the development and ...

Tracking the impact that rising prices and interest rates are having on the finances, spending, health and wellbeing of low-income households. We aim to make sure that media, government and other ...

More than one in three families in the UK now have incomes below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS), a benchmark based on what the public agrees a household needs as a minimum to live on. Their incomes ...

“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 ...

Looking back on the Talking about Homes project so far, how we've engaged with the sector, what organisational circumstances help mobilise framing, and the programme's next steps. The Talking about ...

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 ...