A national care strategy must put unpaid carers at its centre, supporting their choice to care or not through well-funded services, and valuing their skills to improve care quality.

The housing crisis isn’t an issue that exists in isolation. People’s experiences of poverty and the lack of decent affordable homes are interlinked, as are the solutions that would improve our housing ...

'Work first' is a core idea that underpins the UK's employment and welfare systems, and effective ‘work first’ orientated systems have long-term, paid employment as the primary goal for people ...

In recent years, the labour market has seen record employment rates and the introduction of the National Living Wage, but despite these positive developments more and more people in working families ...

Our analysis underlines the importance of work, social security and housing costs in solving poverty in Wales, as well as how much the coronavirus storm has unleashed strong currents sweeping many ...

Using data from Understanding Society, this report looks at the magnitude, causes, and distribution of the carer pay penalty, as well as its evolution over time. Recommendations: Tackling the caring ...

Tackling hardship must involve improving circumstances for people receiving ‘work-related disability benefits’ (health-related Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance) who face ...

A prolonged period of falling living standards Since the publication of the first report in 2008, MIS has provided an annually updated benchmark, rooted in what the public believes constitutes a ...

During the coronavirus storm these structural inequalities played a part in worsening housing insecurity and health issues for BAME communities. They include deep inequalities in the labour markets, ...

This report shows that poverty is both a cause and an effect of SEND and makes a series of recommendations, including: Policy-makers and school and early years leaders should prioritise SEND. Staff in ...

This report summarises the most recent evidence on the relationship between socioeconomic status and the psychological, social and cultural processes that underpin decision-making, it highlights: the ...