Nearly one in five households on low incomes in Scotland have gone hungry and cold this year, even before we enter the winter months. The UK Government must, as we have been saying for some time, ...

A national care strategy must put unpaid carers at its centre, supporting their choice to care or not through well-funded services, and valuing their skills to improve care quality.

Changing poverty rates The proportions of different groups of people in poverty have changed over the last 30 years, with corresponding changes to the composition of poverty. In 2011/12, the ...

Providing opportunities for low- to moderate-income households to become home-owners remains a key policy concern across the UK, particularly in England. This study informs the debates about the ...

A prolonged period of falling living standards Since the publication of the first report in 2008, MIS has provided an annually updated benchmark, rooted in what the public believes constitutes a ...

The causes of poverty are things that reduce your resources or increase your needs and the costs of meeting them. Some of these causes can also be consequences, creating a cycle that traps you. Life ...

As the first Poverty in Wales report of the Westminster Labour Government and the last before the 2026 Senedd election, it emphasises the scale of the challenge ahead in addressing the critical issues ...

'Work first' is a core idea that underpins the UK's employment and welfare systems, and effective ‘work first’ orientated systems have long-term, paid employment as the primary goal for people ...

In 2022, the rising cost of living presents the most significant challenge to living standards for many years, and comes after a period of social and economic uncertainty resulting from the Covid-19 ...

For a decent standard of living, we all need security and stability in our lives – secure housing, a reliable income, and support when things get difficult. For too many of us, there is no such ...

This Solutions presents policy solutions to support entry into, and progression in, work for ethnic minority groups, based on qualitative and quantitative evidence generated by the Joseph Rowntree ...

Persistent poverty among ethnic minority groups Persistent poverty was most prevalent among the Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups, with 37 per cent of Pakistanis in poverty for two consecutive years ...