Economic growth and poverty
Analysis suggests that without additional actions, economic growth will not be enough to reduce poverty levels.
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Cost of living
Peter Matejic
Chief Analyst
Before joining JRF, Peter worked for almost 20 years in the Civil Service. He led on a number of issues at the Department of Work and Pensions, including poverty analysis, policies, and developing measures for persistent poverty and child poverty. Previously, he worked on fuel poverty and energy price analysis. Peter is interested in all elements of poverty measurement and is passionate about making sure analysis has impact. He oversees JRF's monitoring strategy and research reports.
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Email: peter.matejic@jrf.org.uk
Twitter: @StatsPeter
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The geography of destitution 2023
Interactive map of destitution by quintile bands across local authorities in Great Britain, 2022, from JRF's report Destitution in the UK 2023.
Deep poverty and destitution
Energy price analysis August 2022
Analysis of August 2022 Ofgem price cap and new Cornwall Insight.
Ethnicity and the heightened risk of very deep poverty
Like poverty in general, very deep poverty is higher for people in households headed by someone of black, Asian and minority ethnicity. In this blog, Peter and Rachelle look at important differences in both the levels and trends of very deep poverty, and the impact of the cost of living crisis for different ethnic groups.
Deep poverty and destitution
Race and ethnicity
From disability to destitution
The official story on poverty among disabled people is bad enough. But new JRF analysis reveals that when it comes to the real essentials of life, like heating and food, the problem is far worse than acknowledged in Whitehall.
Deep poverty and destitution
Going without: deepening poverty in the UK
This report considers the changing face of very deep poverty and the risk of going without the essentials. It paints a picture of concentrated deprivation for some family types as the UK entered first the pandemic, then the cost of living crisis.
Deep poverty and destitution
Energy price analysis July 2022
Analysis of July 2022 Ofgem price cap and new Cornwall Insight.
Fifty years of benefit uprating
The history of benefit uprating since 1972, and the impact of using the September 2021 inflation rate in the uprating decision for April 2022.
Social security
What the latest income and poverty stats could tell us - and what they can’t
Next week two new sets of UK income statistics will be released, covering 2020/21, but they won’t tell us much about our current situation. JRF’s Peter Matejic looks at why we need to be cautious when we interpret them.
Cost of living
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Deep poverty and destitution