As climate changes, economies stagnate or slow, and colonial patterns of exploitation continue — can creative, critical imagination navigate beyond today’s multiple crises?

Very deep poverty is rising in Wales. More people using food banks, unable to heat their homes, or living in temporary accommodation, means the human cost and impact on public services is huge. There ...

Looking at perceptions of, and attitudes towards, wealth and wealth inequality — and how to increase public support for a fairer distribution. The UK is a very rich country, but its wealth is not ...

Sepideh works across the Emerging Futures programme to develop inclusive future-orientated communities and learning journeys. She supports the expansion of JRF’s role as a funder of organisations and ...

This report looks at 3 scenarios where buying private homes for social ownership can play a role in shaping the housing market and growing new, more equitable housing models.

Poverty rates over time Poverty in Scotland fell rapidly over the decade from 1999–2002 to 2009–12, from 24% (1.2 million people) to a low of 18% (900,000 people). Over the following decade the trend ...

In 2022, the rising cost of living presents the most significant challenge to living standards for many years, and comes after a period of social and economic uncertainty resulting from the Covid-19 ...

'Work first' is a core idea that underpins the UK's employment and welfare systems, and effective ‘work first’ orientated systems have long-term, paid employment as the primary goal for people ...

It illustrates the magnitude of the cost of poverty in order to show the kinds of savings that a sustained reduction in poverty could bring. It also looks at some longer-term consequences of poverty ...

A minimum standard of living is more than just food, clothes and shelter: it’s about having the opportunities and choices to participate in society. This report, from the Centre for Research in Social ...

This new research highlights that low-income households’ finances continue to buckle under the pressure of the cost of living crisis, as 7.2 million are going without the basics, and 4.7 million are ...

Nearly one in five households on low incomes in Scotland have gone hungry and cold this year, even before we enter the winter months. The UK Government must, as we have been saying for some time, ...