An annual report that provides facts and figures about the incomes and living circumstances of households and families in the UK.
20
Feb
Feb
Find out how many households are homeowners, private renters, and social renters in your constituency, based on 2021 census data
17
Feb
Feb
Energy suppliers agree to stop forcing vulnerable households onto prepayment meters following calls from the Energy Secretary.
16
Feb
Feb
Food prices have risen sharply over the course of 2022 both in the UK and around the world. Although inflation is predicted to decline in 2023, concerns remain that food prices will remain high. This article explores changes to food prices and their impact on the cost of living.
15
Feb
Feb
Official experimental statistics for the number of claims, starts, people and households on Universal Credit.
14
Feb
Feb
The Single Parent Employment Challenge project explored single parents’ experiences of the UK labour market, as we emerged from pandemic restrictions from mid-2021. Focusing on those single parents who experienced unemployment during the pandemic, it looked at the routes that led to them becoming unemployed and to re-enter the workforce, their attitudes to and experiences of job-seeking and back-to-work support, the interaction of work plans and childcare, and the implications of the emerging cost of living crisis.
13
Feb
Feb
IFS assess whether work search requirements for out-of-work welfare claimants are effective in inducing individuals to work & delivering fiscal savings
10
Feb
Feb
Between 1978 and 1997, contracted-out defined benefit pension schemes were required to provide a Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP). This briefing looks at the arrangements for increasing GMP rights for people reaching State Pension age before and after 6 April 2016 and for members of public service pension schemes.
09
Feb
Feb
Universal Credit (UC) has streamlined and simplified the benefits system by combining six “legacy”[footnote 1] benefits into a single monthly payment.
By the end of 2018, UC was rolled out to all Jobcentres for new claimants and as of August 2022 there were 4.2m households in payment on UC. However, there remain 2.5m households claiming legacy benefits and tax credits who have yet to move over to UC. Moving those remaining claimants will ensure that the policy goals of UC are fully realised and enable relevant legacy systems to be scaled down or closed entirely.
08
Feb
Feb
Cohabiting parents with dependent children who need support following the death of their partner can apply for bereavement benefits from tomorrow (9 February 2023).