Economic and employment growth alone will not be enough to reduce poverty levels ...

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, ...

JRF urges Government to focus on restoring confidence and resilience for families to work, spend and invest, improving protections like disability benefits, housing and essential public services ...

Reflections, learnings and take-aways from JRF's November 2024 workshop, aimed at mapping and assessing sources of AI countervailing power in the UK. As AI technologies advance, there are growing ...

Every year our flagship UK Poverty report offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in the UK. The report draws on a range of data to identify who is most affected, how poverty levels have changed ...

Not enough food. Can’t heat the house. No bed. Can’t pay the rent. Can’t afford the bus fare to go into town. Can’t afford to have a friend over for tea. Living in fear of the washing machine or ...

One of the greatest challenges we face is the way we’ve come to see our current economic and social models as fixed, even as they are failing us and the planet. We’re living through times of hardship ...

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 ...

JRF's work to be an anti-racist organisation and our insights on structural racism in housing, work and health, as well as the heightened risk of poverty experienced by many ethnic minority groups.

He outlined these ideas in his 'Founder's Memorandum' - a blueprint for his early charitable work. Although it was written in 1904, many of its aims remain at the heart of our work. Written from his ...

Over 100 years ago Joseph Rowntree created us to provide housing in communities and to tackle the root causes of the major social problems afflicting the UK. We continue to draw inspiration from our ...