Inequalities Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities face in accessing affordable and secure homes are rooted in structural injustices that are just not right, and must change. During the ...

Tackling hardship for people receiving work-related disability benefits. People receiving ‘work-related disability benefits’ – health-related Universal Credit (UC) or Employment and Support Allowance ...

The Government has proposed the largest cuts to social security since 2015. As well as reducing expenditure on health-related benefits, the Government hopes these reforms will support more disabled ...

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

There are 240,000 children in poverty in Scotland. Every one of them is a reason for all political parties to deliver a better Scotland. The election in May 2026 is the time for our politicians to set ...

The additional billions announced by the Chancellor flow into a childcare system that is plainly a consumer market, 70% of group-based providers are run privately (Department for Education, 2021).

Key points. In 2022/23, 35.9% of all individuals in the UK were living in households with incomes below MIS, compared with 27.2% in 2008/09. This means 24.0 million people were living below MIS in ...

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.

The Minimum Income Standard (MIS) provides a vision of the living standards that we as a society agree everyone in the UK should be able to achieve. This latest update sets out what households need to ...

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).

Unpaid carers provide an invaluable service to society, but they shoulder a financial penalty in doing so. This report looks at the financial impact of unpaid care, and how policies can help mitigate ...