A national care strategy must put unpaid carers at its centre, supporting their choice to care or not through well-funded services, and valuing their skills to improve care quality.

In cutting around £6.5 billion from social security for disabled people and carers by 2029/30, the Government’s stated intention is to slow the rising caseloads of incapacity and disability benefits, ...

1. Introduction The idea of ‘imagination infrastructure’ is increasingly part of conversations in the field of social and political change. It reflects a concern that new ways of thinking and ...

This document is intended as a toolkit for all parties standing in next year’s Scottish Parliament elections to ensure their manifestos are up to the task of meeting the child poverty reduction ...

Executive summary Twenty years ago, JRF’s first report on poverty in Wales found a sustained and welcome decrease in poverty since the mid-1990s. Its latest analysis brings no such good news, with ...

People hold more mixed views about the role of wealth in society more generally, and are fairly pessimistic about politicians and the political system. There are systematic variations within these ...

New analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows how the next Scottish Government can meet the Parliament’s child poverty targets, and in doing so help to rebuild trust in politics. But ...

Our mission We aim to make sure that media, government and other campaigners have accurate and timely information about how those on the lowest incomes across the UK are faring through the cost of ...