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Apprenticeships, Child Benefit and Universal Credit: exploring the impact of eligibility criteria on living standards and income adequacy This report, undertaken for Youth Futures Foundation, looks at the impact of a young person starting an apprenticeship on household incomes, and in particular the adequacy of income relative to the Minimum Income Standard (MIS). It uses two illustrative case study households (a couple with two children, one primary age and one secondary school age, and a lone parent with two children, one primary age and one secondary school age) to look at the impact of the loss of Child Benefit and the Universal Credit child element on a households’ ability to reach MIS, when a young person in the household starts an apprenticeship. Padley, M. (2024) Apprenticeships, Child Benefit and Universal Credit: exploring the impact of eligibility criteria on living standards and income adequacy. London: Youth Futures Foundation.

Fuel poverty at the end of life in 2023 This research report, produced for end-of-life charity Marie Curie, estimates the number of people dying in fuel poverty in the UK. It is estimated that 128,000 people died in fuel poverty in 2023. The research also identifies subgroups of the population that are especially vulnerable to being in fuel poverty at the end of life, examines changes to energy spending in the last year of life and models the impact of a social tariff. Robinson, E. and Stone, J. (2024) Fuel Poverty at the end of life in 2023. London: Marie Curie

Poverty at the end of life in 2023 This research report, produced for end-of-life charity Marie Curie, updates work first carried out in 2019 to estimate the number of people dying in poverty in the UK. The latest report reveals a sharp increase in the number of people dying in poverty each year, rising from 93,000 in 2019 to 111,000 in 2023. The research also identifies subgroups of the population that are especially vulnerable to being in poverty at the end of life. Stone, J. (2024) Poverty at the end of life in 2023. London: Marie Curie

A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2024 The Minimum Income Standard (MIS) provides a vision of the living standards that we as a society agree everyone in the UK should be able to achieve. This latest update sets out what households need to reach the MIS benchmark in 2024. Davis, A., Blackwell, C., Ellis, W., Padley, M., Stone, J. and Balchin, E. (2024) A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2024. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Running up a down escalator: Improving the legal aid means test as living costs rise Hirsch, D. and Padley, M. (2024) Running up a down escalator: Improving the legal aid means test as living costs rise. London: The Law Society