After nearly two years of collaboration, Storythings and JRF are launching Futures in Draft — a new platform sharing the ...

Since 2013, this report has tracked the number of people in the UK living below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS), a public-defined benchmark for a dignified minimum standard of living. It examines ...

Investment in social security will reduce poverty this April, but progress will stall without a comprehensive set of actions for more than economic growth alone. These levels of poverty are ...

This literature review looks at the main patterns, themes and key issues relating to research on ethnicity and experiences in work in the UK.

Most people would expect Universal Credit to be based on a logical calculation, such as the cost of life’s essentials, but it never has been. This is leaving families going without food, utilities and ...

Now is the time for politicians in Wales to be bold, and take significant action, to ease hardship and increase economic security. Our report, Poverty in Wales 2025, sets out the extent to which ...

Insights from JRF's Grassroots Poverty Action Group (GPAG) on the 2026 UK Poverty report — the real stories and struggles behind the headline poverty statistics. We, as members of GPAG, have supported ...

Our current housing system isn't working for everyone. Here's how to explain why, build understanding, counteract fatalism, and increase support for solutions. People recognise that the current ...

Living in poverty for longer, and at greater depth, has a greater impact. Families in deep poverty, especially those experiencing destitution, struggle to afford even basic essentials. Poverty in the ...

Poverty rates vary across UK nations, regions and constituencies. Differences are shaped by local inequalities in employment, housing costs and tenure, benefit adequacy and access to services. Poverty ...

Low-income families continue to face severe hardship, frequently going without essentials and struggling to make ends meet, with damaging consequences for health and wellbeing. In October 2025, a ...