Main out-of-work benefit sees its biggest drop in value in fifty years
New analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (@jrf_uk) shows that tomorrow marks the greatest fall in the value of the basic rate of unemployment benefit…
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New Way to Work campaign “misses the point” and won’t make work a reliable route out of poverty
Responding to today’s announcement of a new “Way to Work” campaign by the Department of Work and Pensions, Katie Schmuecker, Deputy Director of Policy and…
Education and skills in the Budget and Spending Review
Austerity gone but not undone. Little sign of transformative policy or investment Yesterday the Chancellor set out his stall for the next three years. He…
Biggest ever overnight cut to social security makes a mockery of levelling up
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s speech at Conservative Party conference, in which he claimed previous goverments ‘haven’t had the guts’ to tackle big issues in…
Government should prioritise decent jobs that are stable, flexible and pay at least the real Living Wage
@LivingWageUK reports that more than 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE are in low paid, insecure work Living Wage Foundation today (29 Jul) releases new report “THE INSECURITY COMPLEX: LOW…
JRF hails High Court bid to end discrimination against legacy benefit claimants
@jrf_uk hails High Court bid to end discrimination against legacy benefit claimants The High Court has granted claimants of Employment Support Allowance permission to challenge…
The risks of the pandemic have not been borne equally – JRF responds to TUC
In response to the TUC’s analysis which shows that Covid-19 mortality rates during the pandemic are twice as high in insecure jobs than in other…
Covid-19 mortality rates during the pandemic are twice as high in insecure jobs than in other professions
The risks of the pandemic have not been borne equally – @jrf_uk responds to TUC In response to the TUC’s analysis which shows that Covid-19…
Government must now tackle the injustice of in-work poverty
@JRF_uk on National Living Wage rise Responding to today’s increase in the National Living Wage to £8.91 per hour, Mike Hawking, Head of Policy and…
JRF sets out five tests for the Chancellor’s Budget
When announcing his roadmap out of the pandemic the Prime Minister pledged not to ‘pull the rug out’ from under people who needed support. Ahead…