Chris Belfield

Principal Policy Adviser

Chris is a Principal Policy Adviser at JRF, where he leads on economic and fiscal issues aiming to understand the economic challenges that underpin poverty and economic insecurity. Previously, Chris worked at HM Treasury leading teams providing advice on fiscal sustainability and the distributional impact of policy reforms on households. Prior to that, Chris was an economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies where he conducted research on education policy and inequality.

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Email: chris.belfield@jrf.org.uk

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A decade of falling incomes? JRF's pre-budget assessment of living standards

Average incomes are expected to fall by £550 over this parliament, meaning the Government risks having the worst living standards performance of any parliament on record.

Briefing

Cost of living

Child poverty