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New modelling from #JosephRowntreeFoundation (#JRF) says #UK living standards are still set to fall across the rest of the parliament (to November 2029) but the Budget makes the decline less painful for low-income households.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/news/new-jrf-modelling-shows-bleakest-parliament-on-record-for-living-standards-but-less-pain-for

What's the political strategy? How does a Labour government, even a #LINO govt, expected to be re-elected with everyone getting poorer?

Also, help for the poor is concentrated on families with >2 children. Other poor people will be hit hard. #ukpol

Meeting the moment: Scottish Election 2026 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation
"A toolkit to help Scottish political parties shape their thinking and action to meet the 2030/31 child poverty reduction targets...
accountability tool for voters and journalists to use when parties outline their plans to reduce child poverty. We show a high bar of action needed, with all parties needing to rise to the challenge and meet the moment."

https://www.jrf.org.uk/child-poverty/meeting-the-moment-scottish-election-2026

#Poverty #Scotland #JosephRowntreeFoundation

The care expectation gap | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

"We found that only 19% of the general public correctly guessed that the cost of professional home care services could cost more than £1,000 per week – most thought the cost was lower, with almost half (47%) thinking costs were between £200 and £600 a week on average."

https://www.jrf.org.uk/care/the-care-expectation-gap

#SocialCare #UK #JosephRowntreeFoundation

More Budget responses

#JosephRowntreeFoundation #Poverty #UKPOL #UKpolitics #Labour

More than 9 million Britons vulnerable to reliance on food banks, research finds | Food banks | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/09/britons-vulnerable-reliance-food-banks-research-finds

#UK
#FoodBanks
#FoodBankBritain
#TrussellTrust
#Labour
#Hunger
#ChildPoverty
#2ChildBenefitsCap
#Reeves
#JosephRowntreeFoundation

What pushes unpaid carers into poverty? - Understanding Society
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2024/08/07/what-pushes-unpaid-carers-into-poverty/

#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#Poverty
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#JRF
#PaidWork
#ReductionInHouseholdEarnings
#Benefits

Poverty in UK should be the defining feature of general election
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/05/24/poverty-general-election/

#Poverty
#GE2024
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#Destitution
#SocialSecurity
#Benefits
#SwingVoters
#Hardship

Surge in pensioners needing emergency food provisions as food banks help record number of people | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pensioners-debt-benefits-food-bank-poverty-b2544804.html

#Poverty
#FoodPoverty
#Food
#Pensioners
#Pensions
#TrussellTrust
#FoodBanks
#EssentialsGuarrentee
#UniversalCredit
#Families
#HouseholdSupportFund
#Brown
#ChildPoverty
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#DWP
#NationalLivingWage
#BackToWorkPlan

DWP reveals major new Universal Credit rules affecting 180,000 claimants | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/universal-credit-changes-2024-dwp-benefits-b2543886.html

#DWP
#UniversalCredit
#InWorkPoverty
#ForcedToLookFor2ndJobs
#InWorkTreatedLikeOutOfWork
#AdministrativeEarningsThreshold
#IntensiveWorkSearchForTheEmployed
#IntensiveWorkSearch
#IntensiveWorkSearchRegime
#Sanctions
#Destitution
#Disabled
#LongTermSick
#ChronicallyIll
#JosephRowntreeFoundation

Sunak’s plan to cut sickness benefits bill prompts charity fury | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-sickness-benefits-sick-note-b2531633.html

#Disabilities
#Disabled
#ChronicallyIll
#DisabilityBenefits
#SicknessBenefits
#Benefits
#Welfare
#Sunak
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheSick
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#ForcedTreatment
#NHS
#WaitingLists
#FitNotes
#Scope
#FitNotesIssuedByDWP
#PIP
#Mind
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#MSSociety
#Davey
#Tories
#Scapegoating

Revealed: the bumper profits taken by English private nursery chains | Childcare | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/mar/12/private-nursery-chains-profits-england

#England
#Childcare
#Nurseries
#Profits
#Pay
#Wages
#ValueForMoney
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#Hunt
#JRF
#SocialLicense
#Unison

Revealed: the bumper #profits taken by #English #PrivateNurseryChains

With more #PublicMoney on its way, #JosephRowntreeFoundation calls for commitments on #ValueForMoney and #StaffPay
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/mar/12/private-nursery-chains-profits-england
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PublicCostPrivateProfit #Childcare #ProfitBeforePeople

'#Budget plans risk ‘second lost decade’ of #LivingStandards, #JeremyHunt told

Exclusive: #JosephRowntreeFoundation finds widening gulf between demand for #TaxCuts and reality for millions struggling'

'...the budget risked keeping the #UK #economy locked on track to leave working families £1,900 a year worse off in 2029 than they were in 2021.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/04/budget-plans-risk-second-lost-decade-of-living-standards-jeremy-hunt-told
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #IdeologyBeforePeople

Labour ‘must spend billions on welfare or poverty will soar’
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/labour-must-spend-billions-on-welfare-or-poverty-will-soar/ar-BB1iQSUm?cvid=8495e58fd4c64b328a3ea5e9bb9338ec&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=6

#Labour
#Benefits
#Poverty
#Kendall
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#Willets
#SaveTheChildren
#Starmer
#IPPR
#ChangingRealities
#UniversalCredit
#UC

Report Warns That the UK Poverty Trap Is Deeper Than Ever Before
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/report-warns-that-the-uk-poverty-trap-is-deeper-than-ever-before/ar-BB1ivTjJ?cvid=184afd071539440eebf469d05d65d96a&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=7

#Poverty
#UK
#UKPoverty
#PovertyTrap
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#PovertyCrisis
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#Tories
#Blair
#ThePoorGetPoorer
#EnergyBills
#CostOfEssentials

Single mothers fleeing domestic abuse forced into homelessness by benefit cap, charities warn | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/benefit-cap-domestic-abuse-single-mothers-homelessness-b2058209.html

#DomesticAbuse
#DomesticViolence
#BenefitsCap
#SingleParents
#SingleMums
#Homelesness
#WomensAid
#Refuges
#BedBlocking
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#JRF
#Gingerbread
#Rents
#LivingCosts
#HOC
#DomesticAbuseAct2021

Jeremy Hunt Accused Of 'Cruel Attack' On The Sick And Disabled In Autumn Statement | HuffPost UK Politics
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-hunt-accused-of-cruel-attack-on-the-sick-and-disabled-in-autumn-statement_uk_655e0d76e4b0c0333bee5495

#Hunt
#Disabled
#ChronicIllness
#chronicallyill
#Sick
#PunishmentForBeingDisabled
#PunishmentForBeingSick
#AutumnStatement
#TheNewEconomicsFoundation
#Sanctions
#SanctionsDontHelpPeopleInToWork
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#Unison
#UniversalCredit
#UC

Homelessness, Destitution, and Hunger Soar in the UK | Human Rights Watch
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/13/homelessness-destitution-and-hunger-soar-uk

#UK
#Homelesness
#Destitution
#Hunger
#FoodBanks
#Poverty
#HumanRights
#TrussellTrust
#TemporaryAccomodation
#HumanRightsViolations
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#JustFair
#SpecialRapporteurOnExtremePivertyAndHumanRights
#GuaranteeOurEssentials
#SocialSecurityPaymentLevels
#FightPovertyWithRights

The Tories have created a new poverty – one so deep and vicious it requires Victorian vocabulary | Frances Ryan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/24/tories-poverty-destitute-history-politics

#Tories
#Poverty
#Victorian
#Destitution
#BedPoverty
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#Charity
#WarmBanks
#BabyBanks
#Cooper
#PovertyIsAPolicyChoice
#PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
#CostOfLiving
#Sanctions
#SocialHousing
#2ChildLimit
#ChildPoverty

UK inflation falls as prices rise less than expected | The Independent.
Food inflation only eases slightly but remains at very high levels (17.3%).
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/inflation-latest-figures-ons-may-b2377861.html

#FoodInflation
#FoodPrices
#Inflation
#BRC
#Tories
#Labour
#LibDems
#MartinLewis
#ResolutionFoundation
#OECD
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#InterestRates

The unacceptable level of #inequality in the UK laid bare by #JosephRowntreeFoundation. 5.5 million low-income households have had to cut down on or skip meals, this is UNACCEPABLE while the rich get richer. https://tinyurl.com/3swbdp8d #ToryCostOfGreedCrisis

The big idea: why the UK needs a triple lock against poverty
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/17/the-big-idea-why-we-need-a-triple-lock-against-poverty?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#Poverty
#JosephRowntreeFoundation

Terminally ill people urge UK government to pay pensions early https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jan/10/terminally-ill-people-urge-uk-government-to-pay-pensions-early?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#MarieCurie(charity)
#CostOfDying