Christine is the Senior Analyst for JRF's Northern Ireland team. Her insights are shaped by an academic career as a Lecturer in Social Policy and significant international work, including designing ...

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 ...

Liv supports the delivery of projects and nurtures relationships across the Emerging Futures ecosystem and its Pathfinders. With a background in Global Development – specialising in women’s work in ...

More than 1 in 5 Scots are currently living in poverty, struggling to survive on incomes that fall below what they need. This includes 1in every 4 children in Scotland. Despite the severity of the ...

This report draws on detailed analysis of past housing market downturns and current market conditions to argue the downturn is likely to manifest in four key areas: A slowdown in housebuilding. An ...

Building connections, through convening organisations with both tech and social/environmental missions, is seen as beneficial. Such collaborations could set agendas outside the commercial influence of ...

International childcare markets Many international childcare systems with significant privately delivered provision and public subsidies include higher controls on public funding, including ensuring ...

As a society we believe that working families should have a decent standard of living, yet one in eight workers now live in poverty. Building on recent successes in the labour market can turn the tide ...

People going without essentials piles pressure on primary schools and GP surgeries, diverting resources and adding to workloads. We need an urgent action plan for hardship.

Our analysis underlines the importance of work, social security and housing costs in solving poverty in Wales, as well as how much the coronavirus storm has unleashed strong currents sweeping many ...

This year’s Poverty in Scotland paints a bleak picture of a society in crisis. It demands action from all tiers of government to avert the worst of this crisis, and time is short.

It's only right that everyone in our society can thrive and contribute; it’s wrong that low-income households are being held back from participating fully.