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 ...

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 ...

Understanding poverty now is important for policy. And when it comes to households’ living standards, no aggregate, reliable, real-time data is available. Until now. JRF has worked with Policy in ...

A key annual event in the Challenge Poverty Week calendar is the launch of JRF's Poverty in Scotland report. This year’s report gives a snapshot of poverty rates and then looks in detail at how the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jaspal is an Investment Portfolio Manager at JRF. His principal activity is to manage the foundation’s investment portfolio of approx. £0.5bn. Prior to joining JRF, Jaspal was Head of Asset Allocation ...

JRF is looking at the potential for AI to generate public good. We'll be platforming some inspiring thinkers while positioning ourselves as an inquisitive explorer of this topic. We’re exploring the ...