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Presents new findings that improving household economic security can itself drive productivity growth, positioning economic security as a policy lever for stronger, more resilient economic performance.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation examines the scale of living standards challenges for Andy Burnham’s area, assessing pressures on low- and middle-income households and options to restore income growth amid the cost of living crisis.
A webinar launching Destitution in the UK 2026, presenting research on destitution and arguing for bold policy responses; scheduled for Thursday 26 November, 2:00–3:30pm.
Explains what poverty means and how it can be measured, outlining different definitions, indicators and factors that determine poverty rather than offering new empirical findings or policy prescriptions.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds poverty remains too high in Scotland with national targets missed, calls for radical change and a stronger role for local government in both delivering poverty reduction and in its relationship with the Scottish Government.
This JRF summary of Poverty in Scotland 2026 outlines public attitudes to local government, argues for reform of local funding and urges councils to use all available levers to reduce and prevent poverty locally.