Publication Database

The London Fairness Commission's Final Report

01-Mar-15

London Fairness Commission

The report suggests several proposal for young people

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Why has poverty risen so much for young adults?

26-Feb-15

New Policy Institue

In the last decade, poverty among 19-25 year olds rose twice as much as any other age group. This report from the New Policy Insitute considers whether demographic, work, and housing changes can explain this increase.

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Poverty Among Young People in the UK

01-Jan-15

Street Games

This report looks at trends in poverty among 14 to 24 year olds in the UK. It is written by NPI, an independent research institute, for StreetGames. The aim of this report is to provide StreetGames with statistics on the level and trends in poverty among their target group: people aged 14 to 24. It looks at how poverty varies by a range of themes: demographics, living situation and work status. The first section considers levels and trends in poverty. It looks at depth of poverty and variations by region, ethnicity and disability. The second section considers trends in poverty by living situation. Within the age group 14 to 24 there is considerable variation in individuals� living situation so we look at variations in poverty by whether young people live with their parents, are parents themselves and their housing tenure. The final section explores the influence of work on poverty. It looks at the work status of young adults and the work status of teenagers� parents. Lastly it considers to what extent students alter poverty levels among young people.

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Poverty and Social Exclusion

24-Nov-14

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Joseph Rowntree Foundation have published their annual assessment Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion.

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Food for Thought

17-Sep-14

YMCA

An insight into why young people in England access foodbanks report published by YMCA England. It shows this need to refer increasing numbers of young people to food banks is being driven by failings within the welfare system. Just under four in five (79%) of those YMCAs referring young people to foodbanks reported having to do so as a direct result of delays in receiving benefit payments and punitive sanctions. Findings include that 86% of young people who had been sanctioned, reported being forced to go without essential items as a result, with the highest proportion (84%) cutting back on or going without food.

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Hollow promise

01-Sep-14

Centre for London

This report focuses on London�s modest earners � those earning below average, but not so little than they are entitled to benefits. Across the city about 1 in 5 households fall into this category. London depends on these people � they work hard in essential jobs. Yet with wages flatlining and costs spiralling, they are finding the capital an increasingly difficult place in which to live. Continuing to ignore their needs could have severe consequences for London�s politics and future. Drawing on a series of interviews with ordinary Londoners and a new synthesis of quantitative evidence, Hollow Promise offers a rich picture of the pressures facing London�s modest, hard-working families, and sets out a series of ideas that could help make life easier for them.

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Pay, employment and incomes all fall furthest for young adults

15-Jul-14

Institute for Fiscal Studies

The recession and its aftermath have been much harder on the young than the old finds a report published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The employment rate of those in their 20s has fallen, while employment among older individuals has not; and real pay among young workers has fallen much faster than among older workers. As a result, young adults� real incomes have fallen much more than any other age-group.

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Local Welfare Provision one year on

30-Jun-14

London Councils

Following the abolition of central government operated crisis loans and community care grants in April 2013, local authorities across London have implemented innovative local welfare provision partnerships that provide emergency support in crisis situations.� London boroughs have worked hard to deliver local welfare schemes that target funding at those most in need and move away from the purely financial transaction model inherent in the abolished central government schemes. Nine months after the localisation of funding for local welfare provision, the government announced that it intends to scrap the grant that makes the schemes possible. The announcement came in advance of a planned review of localised schemes being carried out.

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The Debt Trap: Exposing the impact of problem debt on children

07-May-14

The Children's Sociiety

Report from the Children's Society and StepChange Debt Charity. Two and a half million children live in families with a debt problem, who are behind on �4.8 billion of household bills and loan repayments. A further five million children are in families that are struggling to keep up with repayments and risk falling behind. Findings show that children are suffering worry and anxiety, bullying and going without essentials as their families are trapped in problem debt.

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A Fair Start for Every Child, Save the children

01-May-14

Save the Children

As the UK economy recovers, the situation for poor children is set to get worse, not better.�Child poverty has already been predicted to rise by one third by 2020. Now, new research presented here, shows how child poverty could rise still further.

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