Urban grassroots non-governmental organisations in Bombay: a suggested typology

Understand this issue

There are good reasons to reverse the two-child limit

comment

"The two-child limit has been pretty much laser-focused on increasing the measured rate of child poverty." Paul Johnson writes for the Times.

22 July 2024

Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away

comment

"We know that poor children grow up with poor life chances. We know how to ameliorate that. The choice is ours." Paul Johnson writes for the Times.

15 April 2024

Retirement is not always a choice that workers can afford to make

comment

"More of us may feel little choice but to work a year or two longer than planned." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.

6 November 2023

Policy analysis

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024

report

How do rising mortgage rates and differential inflation affect incomes and poverty? How have incomes and poverty changed for pensioners?

25 July 2024

320,000 people pushed into poverty because of mortgage interest rate rises

press release

"Poverty statistics that hide the real scale of increases risk policymakers missing what is truly happening to poverty."

25 July 2024

The two-child limit: poverty, incentives and cost

comment

What impact has the ‘two-child limit’ in universal credit had, and what policy choices does the next government face?

17 June 2024

Academic research

Hours of work and the long-run effects of in-work transfers

journal article

We find that reforms incentivising full-time work can significantly boost incomes, including for poorer households, as well as enhance overall welfare

21 August 2024

Cheapflation and the rise of inflation inequality

working paper

Using household scanner data for fast-moving consumer goods, we show that this was accompanied by historically high rates of inflation inequality.

14 August 2024

Very weak income growth for poor pensioners has meant rising pensioner poverty since 2011

press release

This report examines the key trends in pensioner incomes and poverty over the past two decades.

19 July 2024