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.

How have employment, earnings and incomes performed in Scotland compared with the rest of the UK? What drives geographic inequalities within Scotland?

New income statistics suggest this parliament is on course to be the worst for living standards on record.

What has happened to average incomes, inequality, poverty, jobs and pay since 2009 and since 2019? How does the UK compare internationally?

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...