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We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
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Hi Tim! Apologies - we were having some issues with our download button this morning! It is now up and you can download the report, the button is just under the reading time: www.jrf.org.uk/public-attit...
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Financially insecure voters, especially those in mid-life, are looking for political alternatives. They can’t see things getting better.
Parties need to give people confidence in their own finances ahead of the next election.
🔎 Read the full report: jrf.org.uk/public-attit... 6/6
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People want to feel confident they can look after themselves and their loved ones.
👥 A significant size of the voting public don’t feel they have this security, and this is increasingly looking like one of the big, overlooked factors of our politics. 5/6
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This research has found that people in mid-life (35-59 years old), who should feel in control of their lives, are the most likely to feel anxious about making ends meet.
They are more likely to now be switching political support to the party that will give them this security 4/6
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18.5 million potential voters feel economically insecure, 35% of the electorate.
The feelings of economic insecurity are caused by one or a combination of factors – worries about income, housing and childcare costs, the amount of savings and debt, and the future. 3/6
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People who feel economically insecure, those who are anxious about making ends meet, are the people searching for political alternatives 🗳️
Their support depends on which party can give them confidence in their own finances to feel secure enough to make plans for the future. 2/6
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To mark the centenary of our founder’s death, Paul Kissack describes how Joseph Rowntree’s legacy is being reshaped to meet the challenges of deep economic and social change 🔽
jrf.org.uk/wealth-fundi....
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Read more from our series monitoring the number of people living beneath the Minimum Income Standard in the UK: www.jrf.org.uk/households-l.... 4/4
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Nearly half of all children (48.6%), over one in three working-age adults (35.0%) and 23.6% of pensioners are living in households with inadequate incomes. 3/4
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24 million people were living below MIS in 2022-23.
That is 35.9% of people in the UK, compared to 30.4% in 2021-22.
3.8 million more people are living below MIS since the previous year.
📈 This is the largest single-year increase in people below MIS since this data series began. 2/4
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🏘️The Government must also support renters by ensuring that support from Local Housing Allowance (LHA) reflects rising rents, rather then remaining frozen.
People also need stable jobs with decent incomes if they are to feel secure enough to plan for the future.
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This leaves those on the lowest incomes with nothing to weather the storm.
🛒 To stop living standards deteriorating further, the Chancellor must ensure our benefits system reflects the cost of essentials so it protects people when they fall on hard times.
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📅The outlook for the coming months is bleak, with water, energy bills and council tax all set to go up in April.
This will add further worry as household financial security sits on increasingly unsure ground.
Meanwhile, benefits are set to rise by just 1.7%.
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Families on low incomes can’t wait for the promised benefits of economic growth
📢 We need measures in the Employment Bill to give workers more security, more affordable homes and to support renters hit by higher costs, and make sure our social security system supports us 2/2
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Last week we launched our UK Poverty 2025 report.
We set out the scale of action necessary for the Government to deliver the change it has promised.
Read our report: www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
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Rates of in-work poverty vary substantially by ethnicity; over 40% of Bangladeshi workers and over a third of Pakistani workers are in poverty, substantially higher than the 12% of all workers who are in poverty.
The reasons for this are complex..
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In particular we see substantial increases in poverty among the part-time workers, both in employment and self-employed.
While for some, part-time work means flexibility and convenience, for others it means insufficient hours and insecurity – which seems increasingly prevalent.
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This work will not continue as a stand-alone programme for us.
Instead, AI and technology are becoming ever more embedded across JRF – through how we work, understanding poverty’s dynamics, and engaging with communities. 2/2
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Hello Shirls!
We did some analysis using scenarios based on central forecasts by the OBR. It showed how targeted social security policies can cut child poverty. We need a policy focus on the living standards and economic security of lower-income households.
Report: www.jrf.org.uk/work/economi...
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An entire generation and no change.
We need to fix the future.
We need real change now. 🗣️
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🔎 Read our UK Poverty 2025 report here: www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2... 9/9
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This morning we'll be discussing our report - and how the government can create lasting change through access to good work, social security reforms and affordable housing.
💻 Sign up here: events.zoom.us/ev/AlxlUn_TR... 8/9
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Work alone is not enough to protect many people from poverty ❌
68% of working age adults in poverty live in working households.
22% of part-time employees
8% of full-time employees
21% of full-time self-employed workers
12% of people in work
are in poverty 7/9
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Rent is also pulling people into poverty. 🏠
Many social and private renters are only in poverty after housing costs.
Around half of private renters in poverty were only in poverty after their housing costs. 6/9
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Children in larger families and lone parent families are more like to be in poverty ⬇️
44% of children in lone parent families are in poverty
45% of children in large families with three or more children are in poverty
Compared to 30% for all children 4/9