🗣️ 'The government came to power with a commitment to end the need for food banks. This promise really matters.' Our Principal Policy Adviser @KatieSchmuecker sets out the implications of 6.8 million people living in very deep poverty at the time of the last general election 🔽

Poverty is deepening. 🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning. People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people. This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.

New job alert 📢 We're hiring a Senior Media Manager Salary: £54,163.20 (plus £5k London weighting) London/York Do you want to use your instincts for what makes a good media story to make a difference for those living in poverty? 1/2

❗ 86% of low-income households on Universal Credit are going without essentials. We’re in Parliament with @TrussellUK and hundreds of people to talk to MPs and call for change. Our social security system should, at the very least, ensure everyone can afford the essentials.

The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢 Their assessment also found... 1/3

Today's #Budget2024 won’t be enough to fix the foundations for millions who struggle winter after winter in devastating hardship. The people who needed to feel the most change are those living in and at risk of hardship. 🔽 1/4

14.3 million people are living in poverty in the UK We asked staff in primary schools and primary and community healthcare about the consequences of deepening poverty in their workplace and what work they do to tackle the impact of hardship Listen to what they said 🔽 (1/4)

✨ Here’s your daily reminder to stop scrolling and help us take action! Ask your local candidates to sign our pledge and call for the changes needed so that no one needs a food bank to survive – it only takes 3 minutes. Email them now 👉 https://t.co/iyYDaqE0tl

📢 #GeneralElection will be on July 4th We live in a country where almost four million people have experienced destitution in a single year, a million of them children. We need to hear plans to urgently tackle this hardship from every political party. #GE2024

💼 This budget will benefit households with larger incomes, leaving the poorest in society short of the essentials when they needed supporting the most. 🗣️Our Chief Executive @PaulKissack on the decisions made in today's #Budget2024 🔽

'Poverty, the true picture all around us, is a national disgrace.' 'I hope you agree that this is deeply shameful.' @AndrewMarr9 reflects on national poverty levels following the release of the Jacob Rowntree 2024 UK Poverty Report.

📊 Our latest #UKPoverty report launched this morning. 🔍 14.4 million people were living in poverty in 2021/22 – and our analysis shows that millions of people would need thousands of pounds just to escape poverty. (1/5)

Britain needs to come together to face up to our poverty crisis. https://t.co/utrCkMXRYt

📢 A huge shout out to everyone internally at JRF who have delivered this work and a special mention to design studio @OfficeOfCraig and digital agency @numiko.

Amazing to launch a new website https://t.co/yuV57Sdqaw and refreshed visual identity today! 🌟 It's been a pleasure to collaborate on and marks the start of a whole new set of tools for us to work with @jrf_uk in support of our mission!

Do you have the skills and curiosity to help shape, lead and drive JRF’s programme of analytical work? Do you want to shape policy and generate impact to move to more equitable and just future, free from poverty? If so, join my team! See https://t.co/WUCQm3aLbX.

.@RishiSunak, did you see our billboard on your way to the Conservative Party Conference? You said everyone should be able to afford essentials. We agree. Yet millions of people are turning to food banks because Universal Credit is falling short. It’s time to act. #CPC23

🌟Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🌟 Join @jrf_uk and make a difference. We're hunting for a Campaigns Officer to help drive forward our major campaign: Guarantee of Essentials, run in partnership w/ @TrussellTrust 💚 Apply now: https://t.co/WBjbdvsFRp Deadline 10th Oct.

🧵 Millions of people across the UK are going without the essentials because Universal Credit is falling short. This is driving more people through the doors of food banks. ❌ This isn’t right and it’s time this changed. ❌

Our 9 recommendations for government from our 'Enough to be able to live, not just survive' report on the social security system. You can read the full report here: https://t.co/ItyWVrjed2