More pounds in people’s pockets? In her Budget speech in October 2024, Rachel Reeves said she wanted ‘more pounds in people’s pockets’ and ‘to improve living standards’. But when we compare average ...

Assessing the prospects for living standards is an important part of every fiscal event, but will be increasingly important going forward, given the Prime Minister’s commitment to ‘higher living ...

Scot is an Analyst at JRF, where he uses data and research to explore issues related to poverty and inequality. His work builds on a background in research on ethnic penalties in the labour market and ...