This briefing sets out the method through which the Living Wage Rates (a voluntary hourly pay rate that is based on what families need to get by) in London and …

undertaken by the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough University and funded … carried out by the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough University supported … We work across a wide range of economic and social policy areas, combining our core purpose with a commitment …

Liz Truss’s first major act as Prime Minister was to set out a huge energy support package to reduce the scale of the living standards’ catastrophe this winter, with the …

This report uses newly available data on differences in wealth across groups to understand the complicated picture of wealth inequality in the UK, the impact it has on people’s lives …

This report examines how material living standards, most commonly measured by households’ incomes, have changed for different groups in the UK and the consequences that these changes have for income …

The UK has great strengths, but is over a decade into a period of stagnation. The toxic combination of slow growth and high inequality was posing challenges for low-to-middle income …

comprehensive survey of all of economic and social policy, but focus in on the most important constraints …

This briefing note focuses on structural shifts of worker and employer power. The cost of living crisis and the return of strikes over pay and conditions have brought the issue …

well-being. It funds research that informs social policy, primarily in Education, Welfare, and Justice …

This report warns that Britain has experienced a toxic combination of both low growth and persistently high income inequality, and this has led to some groups being particularly exposed to …

This briefing note uses a relatively under-exploited source of data to analyse how average incomes at the local authority level have changed since 1997. The authors of this briefing look …

well-being. It funds research that informs social policy, primarily in Education, Welfare, and Justice …

While there is widespread agreement in societies like the UK that every child has the right to a secure childhood and the opportunity to develop to their full potential, this …

Leaving the EU represents the largest change in the UK’s relationship with the rest of the world in nearly half a century. It is a profound change in economic governance …

well-being. It funds research that informs social policy, primarily in Education, Welfare, and Justice …