This report, from the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP), is the 12th in a series monitoring the number of people living beneath the Minimum Income Standard in the UK.

To mark the centenary of our founder’s death, CEO Paul Kissack describes how Joseph Rowntree’s legacy is being reshaped to meet the challenges of deep economic and social change.

A new study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) reveals that those worried about their finances are the voters switching parties. Their support depends on which party can give them the confidence ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UK Government won’t see progress on child poverty by the end of this Parliament – even with high economic growth – if investment in social security does not form a part of its child poverty ...

Carla supports the Scotland team at JRF to understand the scale and depth of poverty in Scotland. She has previously worked as a researcher at the University of Glasgow, researching gender ...

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 ...

While public support doesn’t always translate into government policy, greater support is certainly more likely to result in sustained and increased action by all levels of government. Public attitudes ...