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 transition to low-carbon housing is crucial, but are we tackling the right challenges? We’ve brought together three retrofit experts to explore some of the biggest questions, from the role of ...

The way we travel is changing, but is the shift to low-carbon transport leaving some people behind? As we move towards greener travel options, the question of transport poverty—where people struggle ...

Community energy projects have existed for many years, but how do they fit in with the Government’s commitment to clean power by 2030 and can community energy really work for low-income households?

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 ...

Scot is an Analyst at JRF, where he uses data and research to explore issues related to poverty and inequality. His work builds on a background in research on ethnic penalties in the labour market and ...

JRF are accelerating a fair transition to net zero and putting low-income households at the heart of climate action. Our climate change work is designed to accelerate the transition to net zero while ...