These rumoured cuts would be the largest in social security for a decade, since George Osborne’s 2015 Budget. They'd be 3 times the size of the (subsequently cancelled) cuts Iain Duncan Smith resigned ...

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 ...

The science on climate change is clear, but scientific consensus alone won’t solve climate change. Policymakers need to engage in complex confrontational politics if we want to secure the transition ...

Ursula O’Hare is the Head of Northern Ireland where she leads all aspects of our NI work. Prior to joining JRF, Ursula was CEO of the Northern Ireland Law Centre and Vice-Chair of the Law Centres ...