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.
Email: peter.matejic@jrf.org.uk
Twitter: @StatsPeter
These rumoured cuts would be the largest in social security for a decade, since George Osborne’s 2015 Budget. They'd be 3 times the size of the (subsequently cancelled) cuts Iain Duncan Smith resigned over in 2016.
We explain why our approach to income forecasts is more comprehensive and will more closely reflect the actual experience of households’ living standards.
Budget policies reduced average incomes, but higher-income households have seen greater reductions than lower-income households.
Without additional targeted policy action, poverty will not fall between 2025 and 2029.
Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households are 2 to 3 times more likely to experience persistent very deep poverty, compared to white households.
Analysis suggests that without additional actions, economic growth will not be enough to reduce poverty levels.
Interactive map of destitution by quintile bands across local authorities in Great Britain, 2022, from JRF's report Destitution in the UK 2023.
Analysis of August 2022 Ofgem price cap and new Cornwall Insight.
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.