Although there has been a step change in the participation of women in the UK labour market, gender pay inequality remains, starting at the point that women become mothers. Many families in the UK ...

Child poverty in Scotland is too high, with 1 in 4 children in relative poverty after housing costs (AHC). In 2016, the Scottish Parliament unanimously agreed to set the Child Poverty Reduction ...

Average couple with two primary-aged children in very deep poverty are over £1,000 a month away from 'the poverty line' A combination of lack of work, high housing costs and insufficient social ...

tightening eligibility for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) scrapping the Work Capability Assessment and making PIP the gateway to receiving the Universal Credit (UC) health element halving the ...

The latest webinar in our Talking about Homes series explored how to frame our communications so that we boost community support for building homes.

Sheena is the Senior Policy Adviser in JRF's Northern Ireland team. Since 2020, she has worked in senior policy and advocacy roles within the Children’s Sector in NI, including Action for Children and ...

JRF are accelerating a fair transition to net zero and putting low-income households at the heart of climate action. Our climate change work is designed to accelerate the transition to net zero while ...

Tilly is a Senior Policy Adviser at JRF, leading the organisation's work on climate justice. Previously, Tilly worked at Citizens Advice on consumer, housing and energy policy with a specific focus on ...

Relative and absolute poverty can be presented before and after housing costs (these include rent or mortgage interest, buildings insurance and water rates) and are presented after direct taxes and ...

JRF is looking at the potential for AI to generate public good. We'll be platforming some inspiring thinkers while positioning ourselves as an inquisitive explorer of this topic. We’re exploring the ...

Jaspal is an Investment Portfolio Manager at JRF. His principal activity is to manage the foundation’s investment portfolio of approximately £500 million. Prior to joining JRF, Jaspal was Head of ...

Our social investment programme aims to further JRF’s overarching vision and strategy to support and speed up the transition to a more equitable and just future, free from poverty, where people and ...