Publications

All our published reports are available to download for free below.

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Income volatility on universal credit

Income volatility on universal credit
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Poverty in the UK

Poverty in the UK

Wealth Essays

Wealth Essays
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Financial strain on middle incomes

Financial strain on middle incomes

Saving in Britain

Saving in Britain
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Criminal Record Disclosure Research

Criminal Record Disclosure Research
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General Election Campaign Monitor

General Election Campaign Monitor
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UK Safety Net Briefing

UK Safety Net Briefing

Financial Fairness Tracker: Scotland January 2024

UK Safety Net Briefing
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State Pension Report

State pension report

Money and Mental Health Policy Institute Report

Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
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Financial Impact Tracker: December 2023

Coronavirus Financial Impact Tracker: December 2023

Tackling poverty directory

Decent Living Index
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Decent Living Index

Decent Living Index
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No Recourse to Public Funds

No Recourse to Public Funds
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Maternity action

Maternity action
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Young People’s Borrowing

Young People’s Borrowing
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Understanding retirement in the UK

Financial Wellbeing of Disabled People in the UK

Financial wellbeing of disabled people

Financial Wellbeing of Disabled People in the UK

The triple lock

The triple lock
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Issues with Managed Migration

Issues with Managed Migration
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Public knowledge of pensions

The Pensions Review
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Hospitality Sector Employment

Hospitality Sector Employment

Wealth audit

Wealth Audit
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Financial Fairness Tracker Housing Edition

Financial Fairness Tracker Housing Edition
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Shelter Scotland

Shelter Scotland
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The 'New Normal'?

The 'New Normal'?

Attitudes to Inheritance Tax

A New Deal for the self employed

Migrating from legacy benefits

Middle incomes

Middle incomes

Middle incomes

An adequacy standard for benefits

A New Deal for the self employed
People gambling

Betting in the UK: How to tackle problem gambling

Betting in the UK: How to tackle problem gambling
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The case for a pensions review

The case for a pensions review
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Financial Fairness Tracker Scotland February 2023

Financial Fairness Tracker Scotland February 2023
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Single Parents and Employment

Single Parents and Employment
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Changing Realities

Changing Realities
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Saving savings

Saving savings
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Death and taxes and pensions

Death and taxes and pensions
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Financial fairness tracker December 2022

Financial fairness tracker December 2022
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Flexible affordable childcare solutions

Making childcare more affordable
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Scottish Women's Budget Group

Scottish Women's Budget Group
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Future of employment support

Future of empyloment support
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Dementia and spending

Dementia and spending
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Worker participation in corporate governance

Worker participation in corporate governance
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Progressive consumption tax

Progressive consumption tax
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Affordable home ownership

University of York
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The cost of imprisonment to families

The cost of imprisonment to families
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Employer pension contributions in the UK

Employer pensions contributions in the UK
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Facing barriers: disabled households

Facing barriers
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Older workers, Later lives

Older workers, Later Lives
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Living pensions

Living pensions
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Coronavirus financial impact tracker: July 2022

Coronavirus Financial Impact Tracker: 2022
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A New Deal for the Self Employed

A New Deal for the self employed
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New pension rules, choices people make

New pension rules, choices people make
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What are the options for reforming pensions taxation?

What are the options for reforming pensions taxation?
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Homeless young people's experiences of food insecurity

Homeless young people's experiences of food insecurity
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The impact of unemployment on single parents

The impact of unemployment on single parents
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Emergency support in the social security system

Emergency support in the social security system
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Child poverty – the Scottish government's delivery plan

Child poverty - the Scottish government's delivery plan
Home county

Options for taxing main residence capital gains

Home County
Rapid evidence review

The financial impact of the pandemic: A review of the literature

The financial impact of the pandemic: A review of the literature

Financial well-being: Adult children living at home

Financial well being of adult children living at home
Economic downturn

Coronavirus financial impact tracker: December 2021

Coronavirus financial impact tracker: December 2021

Key workers during the pandemic

Key workers during the pandemic
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Coronavirus pandemic: Social and economic impact on women

Coronavirus pandemic: Social and economic impact on women
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Financial security in Scotland: Securing a living income

Financial security in Scotland: Securing a living income
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Social security: reviewing the decision-making system

Social security: reviewing the decision-making system
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Single parents: Tracking the effects of the coronavirus pandemic

Single parents: Tracking the effects of the coronavirus pandemic (6 months on)
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Surviving economic abuse: Economic abuse throughout the pandemic

Surviving economic abuse: Economic abuse throughout the pandemic
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Social security: understanding public attitudes

Social security: understanding public attitudes
Rural poverty

Rural Lives: understanding financial hardship and vulnerability in rural areas

Rural financial hardship: Final report
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Coronavirus financial impact tracker: March 2021

Coronavirus financial impact tracker: March 2021
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Those excluded from government's income replacement schemes

People excluded from governments income replacement schemes
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Employment, income and council tax during the COVID-19 crisis

Employment, income and council tax during the COVID-19 crisis
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Low pay: the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on low-paid and insecure workers

Covid, personal finances, and policy: evidence from bank account data
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Covid, personal finances, and policy: evidence from bank account data

Covid, personal finances, and policy: evidence from bank account data
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High pay: analysis of pay ratios in the UK

High pay: analysis of pay ratios in the UK
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In-work poverty: the role of working hours

In-work poverty: the role of working hours
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Tax policy reforms: finances after the coronavirus pandemic

Tax policy reforms: finances after the coronavirus pandemic

Spending and saving through the coronavirus pandemic

Consumer spending impact of coronavirus pandemic

Financial security in Scotland: responding to the coronavirus pandemic

Financial security in Scotland responding to the coronavirus pandemic

Public attitudes on taxation

Demos

Public attitudes on taxation

Income protection policies: effectiveness during coronavirus pandemic

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

Income protection policies effectiveness during coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus financial impact tracker: September 2020

Standard Life Foundation

Coronavirus financial impact tracker Sept 2020

Low-paid workers: impact of coronavirus pandemic - Labour Force Survey analysis

Low-paid workers impact of coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus financial impact tracker: June 2020

Coronavirus financial impact tracker June 2020

Personal finances: impact of coronavirus pandemic

Personal finances impact of coronavirus pandemic

High pay: interim analysis of pay ratios in the UK

High pay interim analysis of pay ratios in the UK

Coronavirus financial impact tracker: effectiveness of coronavirus safety nets

Coronavirus financial impact tracker effectiveness of coronavirus safety nets

Universal Credit: effectiveness during coronavirus pandemic

Universal Credit effectiveness during coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus financial impact tracker: April 2020

Coronavirus financial impact tracker April 2020

Spending research review

Spending research review

Borrowing research review

Borrowing research review