Sky-rocketing rents are pushing millions of renters into poverty, a charity has claimed. A report by the Joseph Rowntree ...

Some 6.8 million now live in extreme hardship, the highest in three decades, following the two-child welfare policy change.

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Poverty blighted between 20-22 percent of the UK population from 2005/06 up to the general election 2024. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation anticipates no change under the Starmer led Labour Government.

The new annual report of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK Poverty 2026,  makes disturbing reading. Poverty was suffered by 21% of the population in 2023-4, more than 14 million people: the rate of ...

“Today, many things indicate that we are going through a transitional period, when it seems that something is on the way out and something else is painfully being born. It is as if something were ...

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Special events were staged during 2025 to mark 100 years since the York confectionery businessman, social reformer and philanthropist Joseph Rowntree died. As the Joseph Rowntree Centenary draws to a ...

The latest capital commitments come from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and the Archbishops’ Council (which manages the ...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is a British social policy research and development charity, that funds a UK-wide research and development programme. It seeks to understand the root causes of ...

This content is produced by a member of The Drum Network, a paid-for membership club for CEOs and their agencies who want to share their expertise and grow their business. JRF/JRHT currently employ ...