Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’ ...

Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According ...

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Child poverty is set to remain at near record levels unless the government takes further action beyond the measures already ...

A new report suggests poverty has "deepened" in the UK.

Parties must put reducing child poverty “front and centre of their manifestos” at the Holyrood elections, the director of a poverty charity has said. With 100 days until the Holyrood election the ...

Poverty in Britain remains stubbornly high, with more than one in five people now living in deprivation, a new report has ...

A recent report reveals that around 6.8 million people in Britain are living in very deep poverty, marking the worst level in ...

Editorial: A new Joseph Rowntree report underlines the corrosive impact of years of anti-welfare rhetoric. A reframing of the debate is urgently needed ...

A Bristol-based social impact investor has secured £2.5m of new investment into its Resonance Community Developers (RCD) fund, bringing the fund to £27m at second close.

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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is looking for a content and publishing manager based in Yorkshire and The Humber with excellent production and editing skills. The successful candidate will work with a ...