Average couple with two primary-aged children in very deep poverty are over £1,000 a month away from 'the poverty line' A combination of lack of work, high housing costs and insufficient social ...

Child poverty in Scotland is too high, with 1 in 4 children in relative poverty after housing costs (AHC). In 2016, the Scottish Parliament unanimously agreed to set the Child Poverty Reduction ...

JRF analysis shows that more people receive social security for health issues and disabilities in Labour’s heartlands.

The latest webinar in our Talking about Homes series explored how to frame our communications so that we boost community support for building homes.

Sheena is the Senior Policy Adviser in JRF's Northern Ireland team. Since 2020, she has worked in senior policy and advocacy roles within the Children’s Sector in NI, including Action for Children and ...

JRF are accelerating a fair transition to net zero and putting low-income households at the heart of climate action. Our climate change work is designed to accelerate the transition to net zero while ...

Sam is a Lead Analyst, undertaking analysis for JRF’s work on social security, communities and place, and the wider economy. Sam was previously a Senior Economist at the New Economics Foundation, ...

Relative and absolute poverty can be presented before and after housing costs (these include rent or mortgage interest, buildings insurance and water rates) and are presented after direct taxes and ...

Jaspal is an Investment Portfolio Manager at JRF. His principal activity is to manage the foundation’s investment portfolio of approximately £500 million. Prior to joining JRF, Jaspal was Head of ...

Our social investment programme aims to further JRF’s overarching vision and strategy to support and speed up the transition to a more equitable and just future, free from poverty, where people and ...

Families with no assets can be one broken boiler or car breakdown away from crisis and poverty. This is not a fringe group. Recent estimates suggest that around a quarter of the adult population has ...