Living Standards, Poverty And Inequality In The UK

24th March 2024

An item from The Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Key research, data and resources that show how and why living standards and poverty have changed since 1961.
How have household incomes evolved over your lifetime? What is the gap between rich and poor? How many people are there in poverty? Which groups are most likely to face poverty? These questions are fundamental to understanding the living standards of households across the UK, and have long been the subject of research at IFS.

Here we provide the latest data on household incomes, poverty rates and income inequality, based on the methodology used in DWP's official HBAI statistics.

Read the report HERE