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 ...

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 ...

In line with JRF’s focus on specific directional change, we have advocated and promoted the real Living Wage within the social investment sector, resulting in an extension of the Living Wage Funder ...

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 ...

Tilly is a Senior Policy Adviser at JRF, leading the organisation's work on climate justice. Previously, Tilly worked at Citizens Advice on consumer, housing and energy policy with a specific focus on ...

JRF’s mission, as part of a wider strategy to solve poverty, is to push for and speed up the transition to a new way of doing things, including a social security system that enables people to find ...

We are an independent social change organisation, working to support and speed up the transition to a more equitable and just future, free from poverty, where people and planet can flourish. JRF ...

Alfie is our Director of Insight and Policy, leading the evidence, economics and policy teams at JRF. Previously Alfie was Director of Research and Chief Economist at the New Economics Foundation (NEF ...

Erika works as a Creative Designer in the Design and Production team. She is an accredited Adobe Certified Professional with her skillset including graphic design, illustration, short video and ...

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 ...

Sofiya is Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at JRF. She is leading the design to become a more equitable organisation, both in terms of our organisational culture and our external outputs. She ...

Tracking the impact that rising prices and interest rates are having on the finances, spending, health and wellbeing of low-income households. We aim to make sure that media, government and other ...