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This report sets out the nature of poverty in the UK in the run-up to 2024's General Election. It also sets out the scale of action necessary for the Government to deliver the change it has promised.

Broadening definition of poverty reveals true numbers of people living in poverty and accelerates need to tackle crisis

Around 10,000 children have been dragged into poverty by the two-child benefits limit since Labour took office, suggests new research.

Data and insight into poverty metrics and living standards in the UK are out of date on the day they are published.

New analysis from JRF has found that in addition to the millions of people already in poverty, further millions are just on the edge.

While government action is crucial if we are to close the achievement gap between rich and poor, there are many things schools can do as well. Tiffnie Harris offers five principles for building a successful programme

TUC analysis shows the number of kids living in poverty in London increased from 397,500 in 2010 to 523,700 in 2023

Throughout the stages of childhood, economic disadvantage can negatively influence children’s learning in a variety of ways. These can accumulate over time to pull down the attainment of a disadvantaged child and increase the likelihood that they will fall behind their peers.

Progress can be made. We must not let stubbornly high rates turn us into fatalists

With 11% of eligible pupils missing out, MPs want to adopt a system of auto-enrolment for free school meals

Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households are 2 to 3 times more likely to experience persistent very deep poverty, compared to white households.

The Budget is the perfect opportunity for the Chancellor to prevent renters from being pushed deeper into poverty by permanently re-linking frozen housing benefits to private rents.

This year our report asks how effective social security is at reducing poverty and advancing equality in Scotland.

Almost one million (900,000) people in the UK are £10 per week away from living in poverty, a charity reveals.

While the current debate has focused on the 350,000 children that could be pulled out of poverty if the policy were scrapped, it paints an incomplete picture

TUC says party has overseen ‘huge rise’ in poverty, as Resolution Foundation says average wages just £16 a week higher in real terms than in 2010