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A better future is possible.

At the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, we work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.

UK Poverty 2025: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK

This report sets out the nature of poverty in the UK in the run-up to 2024's General Election. It also sets out the scale of action necessary for the Government to deliver the change it has promised.

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Households living below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008–2023

This report, from the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP), is the 12th in a series monitoring the number of people living beneath the Minimum Income Standard in the UK.

Economic and employment growth alone will not be enough to reduce poverty levels

Without additional targeted policy action, poverty will not fall between 2025 and 2029.

No end in sight for living standards crisis: JRF’s cost of living tracker, winter 2024

The Government must tackle stagnant levels of hardship as part of their mission for growth, with worse living standards to come if no action is taken.

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Funding

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation funds and works in partnership with other organisations to unlock the UK from poverty

Our people

Meet our leadership team and our teams of experts. You can also learn more about our trustees.

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Do you want to help build a more equitable and just future, free from poverty? Join us and use your skills to make a real difference.