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The Cost of a Child in Scotland 2025 CPAG’s annual Cost of a Child report looks at how much it costs families to provide a minimum socially acceptable standard of living for their children. It is calculated using the Minimum Income Standard (MIS) research, carried out by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The cost of a child in Scotland 2025 (2025) Edinburgh: Child Poverty Action Group Scotland

Characteristics and population estimates of unpaid end of life carers: An observational study Gardiner, C, Juet, A, Webb, EJD, Stone, J (2025) Characteristics and population estimates of unpaid end of life carers: An observational study, Palliative Medicine, 39(10), pp.1091-1098, ISSN: 0269-2163. DOI: 10.1177/02692163251366090.

A Minimum Income Standard for London 2025 This latest Minimum Income Standard for London consulted working-age adults, pensioners and parents to find out what the public agree is needed for an acceptable living standard in the capital. People living in London agree that accessing social housing is no longer a realistic expectation for any household. Consequently, for the first time, a minimum standard of living in London now assumes that all households must rely on the private rental market. This significantly drives up housing costs which were already much higher in the capital than in other urban areas of the UK. Nearly 4 million households in London do not have enough income for a decent, dignified standard of living. Blackwell, C., Padley, M., Ellis, W., Balchin, E., Stone, J., Robinson, E. and Davis, A. (2026) A Minimum Income Standard for London 2025. London: Trust for London.

Households living below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008–2024 The latest report of Households Below the Minimum Income Standard shows that more than half of all children in the UK are now living in households without enough income to meet a minimum socially acceptable standard of living, according to the latest annual analysis. New figures for 2023/24 show that 52.6% of children are living in households with incomes below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS). Robinson, E., Stone, J. and Padley, M. (2026) Households living below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008–2024. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Fuel poverty risk at the end of life needs urgent attention Robinson, E. (2026) Fuel poverty risk at the end of life needs urgent attention. Nature Energy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-025-01933-3