A better future is possible.

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.

Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households at higher risk of very deep, long-term poverty

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

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No end in sight for living standards crisis: JRF’s cost of living tracker, winter 2024

The Government must tackle stagnant levels of hardship as part of their mission for growth, with worse living standards to come if no action is taken.

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Cost of living

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Unlocking benefits: Tackling barriers for disabled people wanting to work

Reforms are needed to unlock work for people receiving work-related disability benefits, as informed by research with disabled people in partnership with Scope.

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Social security

Two older women at a community church where a food bank is being run by volunteers in the North East of England. They are sitting at a table together, using a calculator to work out budgets, helping each other to save money during the inflation.

Autumn Budget must deliver urgent plan for hardship

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.

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Deep poverty and destitution

Cost of living

Social security

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Funding

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation funds and works in partnership with other organisations to unlock the UK from poverty

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