At the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, we work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
As winter energy prices rise again, people will be plunged deeper into hardship unless the government acts. The Budget must offer an urgent plan for hardship.
Living standards are set to return to the depths experienced during the cost-of-living crisis by the end of this parliament, with those on the lowest incomes faring the worst.
If the Government wants to end emergency food parcels and tackle child poverty and homelessness, re-linking benefits to costs is the right thing to do.
