Work is not a route out of poverty for many in the UK, even though wages for people on low pay have increased. The Employment Rights Bill is a chance to change that. There are around 4 million workers ...

In early 2023, JRF shared its first steps in resourcing a network of organisations doing the deep, hard work of transforming systems. This strand of work, called Pathfinders, was part of the wider ...

The Pathways to Work green paper proposals will impact young people already experiencing high levels of hardship, undermining the policy intent that underpins the Youth Guarantee. The Get Britain ...

Although there has been a step change in the participation of women in the UK labour market, gender pay inequality remains, starting at the point that women become mothers. Many families in the UK ...

More generous Statutory Paternity Leave would deliver on both household financial security and economic growth.

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 ...

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 ...