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benefits freeze

September 1, 2020

Low-income parents rely on Child Benefit for household basics

Child benefit has lost 23 per cent of its value since 2010 because of freezes and sub-inflationary uprating.
March 27, 2020

Poorest fifth of households have seen a fall in income

The fall in living standards has been driven by the freeze in the value of working-age benefits and other cuts, such as the two-child limit, slowly taking effect.
March 6, 2020

Incomes have fallen for poorest fifth of households

Poorer households have seen big falls in living standards driven by policy choices, says the Resolution Foundation.
February 11, 2020

Number of people without enough money to cover basic costs is growing

Citizens Advice says increasing numbers of people don’t have enough money to make ends meet, and increasing benefits by inflation will not go far enough to help solve this problem.
November 20, 2019

Universal Credit helped take benefit payments to their lowest since 1948, finds IPPR

Universal Credit payments are historically low, with the situation made worse by debt deductions which can be up to 40 per cent of each payment.
October 21, 2019

Social security safety net still being eroded, says Resolution Foundation

Children born between 2016 and 2020 face the joint-highest rates of early years poverty since records began 60 years ago, says the Resolution Foundation.
October 3, 2019

Scottish government calls for measures to address ‘no deal’ Brexit poverty risks

The Scottish Government is calling for action to mitigate the impact of a 'no deal' Brexit on people on low incomes.
September 13, 2019

Disabled people remain the worst affected by bedroom tax

More than two thirds of households subject to the bedroom tax are in receipt of a disability benefit.
September 5, 2019

Working lone parents 'face drastic and growing income shortfalls'

Lone parents working full time for the so-called national living wage are £80 a week short of what they need for a basic standard of living.
September 4, 2019

Nearly half of disabled people hit by benefits freeze 'cannot afford essential bills'

New data shows that disabled people and people with children were more likely to have gone without essentials such as food and toiletries.