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A Minimum Digital Living Standard for Households with Children - Overall Findings Report
This report brings together findings from the three-year UK Minimum Digital Living Standards (MDLS) research funded by the Nuffield Foundation, Nominet and the Welsh Government. The project sets a benchmark for what households with children need to feel included in the digital world around them, based on what parents and young people themselves say is required. It takes a holistic approach highlighting the importance of having adequate devices and internet connection, as well the skills necessary to be confident and safely digitally included. The report provides findings on the development of MDLS and what it contains, survey and mapping data on where households are in relation to MDLS, and interviews and discussions with stakeholder organisations and families on varying needs and the challenges households face in meeting MDLS.
Yates, S., Hill, K., Blackwell, C., Davis, A., Padley, M., Stone, E., Polizzi, G., D’Arcy, J., Harris, R., Sheppard, P., Singleton, A., Ye, Z., Carmi, E. and Garikipati, S. (2024) A Minimum Digital Living Standard for Households with Children: Overall Findings Report. Liverpool: University of Liverpool.
Debt, poverty and living standards in Great Britain
Stone, J., Robinson, E., Blackwell, C. and Padley, M. (2024) Debt, poverty and living standards in Great Britain. Bradford: Christians Against Poverty
Households living below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008-2022
The latest in a series of reports from the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University shows that nearly half of working-age households with incomes below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS) are those where all adults are employed. Households living below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008 to 22 is part of ongoing work funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), setting out what the public agree everyone needs to live with dignity in the UK today. The report shows that among households that don’t have the income needed for a socially acceptable standard of living, 64% are households where there is some work, and 46% are households where all adults are employed. Children remain the group most likely to be living below MIS, with 42% living in households with inadequate income. Although pensioners are the least likely to be in a household below MIS, they have seen a sharp increase in risk since 2008-2009, with the proportion below MIS increasing from 13% to 21% in 2021-2022.
Padley, M., Stone, J. and Robinson, E. (2024) Households living below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008-2022. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
The Cost of a Child in Scotland in 2023
Stone, J. (2024) The Cost of a Child in Scotland in 2023. Glasgow: Child Poverty Action Group Scotland
The cost of a child in 2023
The twelfth report in this series shows that high inflation has pushed the cost of raising a child to £166,000 for a couple and £220,000 for a lone parent in 2023 but the enduring impact of benefit cuts and ongoing price rises have left many parents unable to give their children what the public says is a minimum acceptable living standard. Since 2012, this report series has systematically monitored the minimum cost of a child. Today’s report updates those calculations for 2023 and outlines the factors affecting the latest figures.
Stone, J. and Padley, M. (2023) The Cost of a Child in 2023. London: Child Poverty Action Group
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