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

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

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.

Martyn leads the Design and Production team at JRF, guiding the design, editorial, and production of digital content. He ensures all content is clear, consistent, and aligned with our mission. Since ...

Holly is a Creative Designer at JRF in the Design and Production team. She's dedicated to improving and championing the organisation's visual identity and brand integrity. She has a passion for ...

In a context where neither of the main parties are currently talking about the issues of deep poverty and hardship, this briefing sets out what key swing voters think about these issues. It looks at ...

Weak economy: this uses a forecast with higher inflation, lower earnings growth, lower employment and higher housing costs compared to the central scenario. Note that these are modelled conditional ...

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, ...

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 ...

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’ ...