Next week’s Budget must improve living standards for struggling families
A new report from The Joseph Rowntree Foundation with Loughborough University ‘Households Below a Minimum Income Standard 2008/9 – 2015/16,’ finds that almost 19 million people in the UK have less than they need for an acceptable standard of living, as defined by the public.
New analysis also shows how the public policy decisions of recent years mean more money in the pockets of some families, while others are hit hard.