Sheena is the Senior Policy Adviser in JRF's Northern Ireland team. Since 2020, she has worked in senior policy and advocacy roles within the Children’s Sector in NI, including Action for Children and ...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is partnering with the York Festival of Ideas to mark 100 years since the York confectionary businessman, social reformer and philanthropist Joseph Rowntree died.

Discussion ahead of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) statement on 26 March has focused on whether the Chancellor will meet her fiscal rule, and the extent to which near unprecedented cuts ...

Responding to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement and the publication of the government’s impact assessment for their planned cuts to disability benefits, Paul Kissack, Chief Executive of the Joseph ...

This new analysis shows the level of proposed cuts for some example families, and how multiple cuts interact with one other. There are some welcome changes with people in receipt of benefits having a ...

New modelling from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that living standards are set to fall across the rest of the decade, with the average family £750 worse off in real terms by April 2029 compared ...

Responding to today's Bank of England decision to keep the interest rate at 4.5%, JRF Senior Economist Rachelle Earwaker said: “Today’s announcement that the interest rate remains unchanged represents ...

The latest webinar in our Talking about Homes series explored how to frame our communications so that we boost community support for building homes.