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Leeds academic warns wrong approach to raising benefits will have 'dire consequences'
Raising benefits in line with earnings – not inflation – will make things worse for low-income households in the coming years.
Cost of living crisis highlights racial inequalities
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.
Rethinking young women's working lives
New research will examine how women’s early experiences of employment shape long-term career paths and reinforce inequalities in the labour market.
Folk duo Pedler // Russell team up with researchers for new song inspired by lives of migrant workers
The experiences of seasonal fruit pickers in the UK have inspired a new folk song.
New exhibition shares everyday lives of UK's seasonal migrant workers
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.