Budget 2018: tackling the rising tide of in-work poverty
October 25, 2018
Two thirds of children in poverty live in a working family. This is simply not right. This briefing recommends a reform of Universal Credit (UC) so families with children can keep more of what they earn. As a society, we believe work should provide a route out of poverty. Yet despite record employment rates in the UK, the number of people trapped in poverty in working families has risen by over one million in the three years to 2016/17. This means almost three million children are now locked in poverty despite living in a working family. The situation is set to worsen further in future. This is simply not right. Read more.
In a rollercoaster year for Universal Credit, Rishi Sunak has pulled away extra help for the worst-off people, and returned to a decade-old focus on rewarding work. This helps some working families, but the Minimum Income Standard analysis shows it...
Cuts to education spending in England over the last decade are “effectively without precedent in postwar UK history” and have hit the most deprived schools hardest, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Its report highlights how...
One in 10 UK families – about 3m households – are facing a cost of living crunch this winter, unable to cover even basic bills such as food and heating, according to Citizens Advice. One in five of all adults had cut back on their food shop or...
