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A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2022
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posted on 2022-09-27, 13:28 authored by Abigail DavisAbigail Davis, Juliet StoneJuliet Stone, Chloe BlackwellChloe Blackwell, Matt PadleyMatt Padley, Claire ShepherdClaire Shepherd, Donald HirschThe Minimum Income Standard (MIS) sets out a vision of the living standards that we, as a society, agree everyone in the UK should be able to achieve. In 2022, the rising cost of living presents the most significant challenge to living standards for many years, and comes after a period of social and economic uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a growing gap between what people have and what people need for a decent standard of living. Millions of people in the UK risk falling well short of this standard as costs continue to rise, and our social security system fails to provide adequate and appropriate support. Short-term support measures will only go so far; we need a social security system that is fit for today.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation
History
School
- Social Sciences and Humanities
Department
- Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy
Research Unit
- Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP)
Publisher
Joseph Rowntree FoundationVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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© Centre for Research in Social Policy, University of LoughboroughPublisher statement
All rights reserved. Reproduction of this report by photocopying or electronic means for non-commercial purposes is permitted. Otherwise, no part of this report may be reproduced, adapted, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.Publication date
2022-09-02Copyright date
2022ISBN
9781915305046Publisher version
Language
- en