What is poverty?
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Poverty is when your resources are well below your minimum needs.
How does JRF (Joseph Rowntree Foundation) define poverty in the UK?
Poverty affects millions of people in the UK. Poverty means not being able to heat your home, pay your rent or buy the essentials for your children. It means waking up every day facing insecurity, uncertainty and impossible decisions about money. It means facing marginalisation – and even discrimination – because of your financial circumstances. The constant stress it causes can lead to problems that deprive people of the chance to play a full part in society.
How is poverty measured in the UK?
There is no single best measure of poverty. It is a complex problem that needs a range of measures telling us different things.
JRF launched a comprehensive strategy to Solve Poverty for all ages and places in the UK. We have set out a long-term and wide-ranging approach that looks beyond temporary political change, aiming for a major shift in attitudes, societ...
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