Poverty impacts your mental health as much as your daily life and your physical wellbeing.
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Why the government’s main measure of poverty doesn’t tell us much about the lowest-income people.
Experts on poverty in Britain explain how destitution affects different groups of people and aspects of life.
The Way to Work scheme will increase the pressure of benefits sanctions, which is particularly damaging for women and mothers.
Evidence shows that benefits sanctions push people into worse jobs, with long term negative effects.
The temporary increase to benefits was a lifeline for families during the pandemic.
Being on universal credit affects people in more ways than just financial.
The end of the temporary uplift means many household budgets will no longer meet the minimum income standard.
Most would have preferred to at least have the option of choosing equivalent amounts of money instead
Internet access should be a basic human right.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his second pandemic budget for the Conservatives.
Although Rishi Sunak is extending the weekly £20 uplift, the government has missed an opportunity to given the benefits system the overhaul it needs
Interviews with a diverse range of young people in Edinburgh and London, aged 18-26, reveal their experiences both before and during the pandemic.
Adjustments to benefits could stop poor households’ debts increasing and be paid for by those who have gained from lowered outgoings.
Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds was understandably sceptical of Rishi Sunak’s claims to be “helping the poorest the most”, but Tories are moving in the right direction.
States have stepped in after past crises. but they don’t always stick around.
It is unclear what happens to these people and their families should they get sick or worse still pass away in the line of duty.
The UK is on the tipping point of a humanitarian emergency. To tackle this the government must now give more money to local authorities.
Being out of work is hard: here’s how psychology is helping to make the process of finding a job a little easier.
Spare a thought for Britain’s veterans navigating the minefield that is the UK’s benefits system.
Top contributors
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Salford
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Professor in Social Policy, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University
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Reader in Employment and Head of the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Emeritus Professor of Social Inclusion, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Social Policy, University of York
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Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Glasgow
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Associate professor (Social Policy), Nottingham Trent University
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Research Associate, Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP), Loughborough University
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Research Assistant, Sustainable Housing & Urban Studies Unit, University of Salford
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LSE Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Social History, UCL
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Reader in Economics, Aston University
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Research Associate. CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Hallam University