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Raising benefits in line with earnings – not inflation – will make things worse for low-income households in the coming years.  

A couple sit on a sofa looking concerned as they read their bills.
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Black and minority ethnic people are disproportionately falling faster and further below the poverty line amidst the cost of living crisis, according to a new report.

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New research will examine how women’s early experiences of employment shape long-term career paths and reinforce inequalities in the labour market.

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The experiences of seasonal fruit pickers in the UK have inspired a new folk song.

Artwork by Sarah Hannis showing seasonal workers arrive from their accommodation via a dusty farm track to the field. Part of Migrant Workers: Summer on a Strawberry Farm exhibition at Museum of English Rural Life

A new exhibition hosted by the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) explores the everyday lives of seasonal migrant workers in the UK's strawberry fields.