This report examines how material living standards - most commonly measured by households' incomes - have changed for different groups in the UK, and the consequences that these changes have for income inequality and for measures of deprivation and poverty. This is the 22nd annual report...

We investigate how living standards have changed for different groups in the UK, with a particular focus on the cost of living payments and housing.

We investigate recent trends in poverty, and government policies aimed at alleviating it.