29 January 2025
This report sets out the nature of poverty in the UK in the run-up to 2024’s General Election. It also sets out the scale of action necessary for the Government to deliver the change it has promised.
UK Poverty looks across a range of data sources and published insights to build up a comprehensive picture of the current state of poverty across the United Kingdom (UK). We know poverty can lead to negative impacts at all stages of life, so it is critical to look closely at the available information to work out who is worst affected, determine how levels have changed over time and see what the future prospects are likely to be.
This is the first UK Poverty report to be released under the new Labour Government. Much of the latest data on which this report is based ends before the election. However, using JRF’s cost of living tracker, we see the unacceptably high levels of poverty we referred to in last year’s report persist, with economic security out of reach for millions of people. This is an urgent problem that the new Government needs to address. There were some helpful pledges in its manifesto on child poverty and ending the need for emergency food parcels, but much more will be needed if they are to be successful in ‘driving down poverty in every part of the country’.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2025-the-essential-guide-to-understanding-poverty-in-the-uk
