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A new report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) highlights an enduring link between public attitudes to poverty and the state of the economy, but shows how this link to welfare is weakening.
More than two million poor families face significant increases in their council tax bills from next week, a report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has found.
Julia Unwin, Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), said Chancellor George Osborne had failed to deliver an anti-poverty Budget that would boost living standards and ease the strain on poor families.