Index indicators
Arguments
Poorer people don’t have a buffer against economic shocks
Poorer people don’t have a buffer against economic shocks
The rising costs of living hit poorer households harder
The rising costs of living hit poorer households harder
Cited policy reports or articles
Falling further behind: hardship among benefit capped families as prices rise
Child Poverty Action Group
Falling further behind: hardship among benefit capped families as prices rise
Jun 21, 2022
Not heating, eating or meeting bills: managing a cost of living crisis on a low income
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Not heating, eating or meeting bills: managing a cost of living crisis on a low income
Jun 29, 2022
Pre-pandemic relative poverty rate for children of lone parents almost double that for children living with two parents
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Pre-pandemic relative poverty rate for children of lone parents almost double that for children living with two parents
Jul 4, 2022
The effect of taxes and benefits on UK inequality
Institute for Fiscal Studies
The effect of taxes and benefits on UK inequality
May 27, 2019
Cited attitudinal and framing research
Just Deserts? Attitudes to Fairness, Poverty and Welfare Reform
Policy Exchange
Just Deserts? Attitudes to Fairness, Poverty and Welfare Reform
Apr 24, 2011
Poverty and public demand for redistribution
University of Oxford
Poverty and public demand for redistribution
Apr 24, 2023
Stories from partner organisations
I didn’t know how I was going to pay my bills or feed myself and my daughter
Trussell Trust
I didn’t know how I was going to pay my bills or feed myself and my daughter
Aneita talks about how a problem with her tax credits meant she was forced to use a food bank