If the Government wants to end emergency food parcels and tackle child poverty and homelessness, re-linking benefits to costs ...

JRF is calling on the Government to place a strategy for household economic security at the heart of its strategy for growth.

"Good quality jobs give people economic security and a solid foundation on which to build a better life. But too many people are in poorly paid, poor-quality jobs which don’t give them the flexibility ...

The Chancellor's new age of economic insecurity isn't new for millions of people struggling with hunger and hardship. The Budget must have a plan for hardship. The Government has made a hugely welcome ...

Everyone should have someone or somewhere to turn to in a crisis. But high levels of hardship in the UK leave people facing personal crises every day – being unable to afford to feed their family, ...

New research is filling the evidence gap around why people are unpaid carers, and building understanding of their essential role alongside paid care services. These are the words of unpaid carers.

In response to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech at Labour party conference, Alfie Stirling, Director and Chief Economist of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said: “Families who have been ...

Debt deductions: Amounts deducted to repay debts, mostly to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) but also to other government entities or third-party creditors. For example, ‘advance payment’ ...

Private rental prices continue to rise across the country, up by 8.4% across the UK between August 2023 and August 2024. Average rents increased to £1,327 (8.5%) in England, £752 (8.5%) in Wales and ...