This paper considers the impact of inflation on rent and mortgage payments and the Government response
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Jan
Jan
The research takes stock of homelessness in 2022 and the five year period before this. It also highlights emerging trends and forecasts some of the likely future changes, identifying the developments likely to have the most significant impacts on homelessness.
23
Jan
Jan
Funded by Trust for London and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Shelter has carried out the largest ever survey of homeless households living in Temporary Accommodation (TA). This briefing focuses on the difficult time thousands of children face growing up homeless and stuck in TA.
20
Jan
Jan
The Credit Counts survey, part of the Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021, looked at the number of adults who often use a credit card, overdraft or borrow money to buy food and other essentials or pay bills because they’ve run short of money. It showed that while the number of people relying on this was higher in individuals on low incomes, there were also differences between age groups, ethnicity and whether the individual was responsible for children, among other things.
19
Jan
Jan
This report makes clear that the Government support provided so far in the cost of living crisis hasn’t been sufficient to stem the rising tide of hardship for millions of families on the lowest incomes up and down the country.
18
Jan
Jan
Disabled individuals and their households have, on average, lower incomes than their non-disabled counterparts. They often incur additional costs related to the treatment and mitigation of their disability. Furthermore, they typically spend a greater share of their income on food and energy, the commodities driving the current surge in inflation.
17
Jan
Jan
This policy note explores the continued impact of the cost of living crisis on our collective mental health. It reveals the severe extent to which rising costs and mounting financial pressures have contributed to increased feelings of anxiety, depression, and in some cases, suicidality.
16
Jan
Jan
This statistical note shows how average earnings have changed over time by region of the UK and for different age groups.
13
Jan
Jan
Just under two thirds (60 per cent) of people who are economically inactive because of long-term illness are living with a mental health problem, research has found.
Analysis of official data by IPPR found that while issues such as anxiety and depression are affecting people of all ages, young adults (20-29 years old) out of the labour market because of sickness are 50 per cent more likely to report a mental health problem than older working-age adults (60-65).
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Jan
Jan
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) set up the Restart scheme to help people made unemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The government announced that there would be a new large-scale provision for long-term unemployed people in the July 2020 Plan for Jobs and announced £2.9 billion of funding for the Restart scheme in the November 2020 Spending Review.