Published ahead of the Budget next week, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says that families are looking to the Government to take action on hardship, so they don’t spend another winter without any ‘prospect of improvement’.
According to the organisation's research, the ‘ongoing black hole’ in family in finances, combined with the rising cost of essentials, has led to ‘unacceptably’ high levels of hardship in the UK, reflected in what Labour described in their 2024 manifesto as the ‘moral scar’ of foodbank use.
It finds that without Government action on hardship in the Budget, working age households who receive income-related support will be an average of £1,000 worse off by 2029, due in part to housing costs rising faster than benefits.
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