Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’ The UK’s poorest families are getting poorer, with record numbers of people classed as in “very deep poverty” – meaning their annual household incomes fail to cover the cost of food, energy bills and clothing, according to analysis. Although overall relative poverty levels have flatlined in recent years at about 21% of the population, life for those below the breadline has got materially worse as they try to subsist on incomes many thousands of pounds beneath the poverty threshold. Continue reading...

Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows

New CPERN online workshop: Finance and the Far Right (29 Jan)

Join us to discuss how asset-manager capitalism has shaped financial-nationalist politics

With author @ingarade.bsky.social and discussants Owen Worth and @alentop.bsky.social

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Universities will not become ‘skills machines’, EU warned Leading European institutions warn of ‘risk of instrumentalisation’ and say they should be allowed to determine their own role in bloc’s agenda

“Economic growth and academic values are not mutually exclusive. In fact, delivering knowledge, research and innovation for competitiveness requires time, resources and space for serendipity, which is at the heart of what universities do."

CITYPERC is organising a workshop on the Economic Project of the Far Right on October 6 at City, University of London. To join us in person or via Teams sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-w...

📢 New call for papers
Firm strategies and regional development in times of changing geopolitics and geoeconomics
Editors: Chun (Charlotte) Yang, @roberthassink.bsky.social, Linus Kalvelage, Petr Pavlínek
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Submission of abstracts: 1st November 2025

I look forward to presenting my initial findings on the extent to which the East Central European automotive industry's turn to electrification depends on China on a panel as part of the Capitalist Transformations online conference! Register here: capitalist-transformations.com/registration/

Derbyshire Refugee Conference 2025 An insightful, in-person event bringing together researchers, organisations, and individuals with lived experience of seeking sanctuary

*** Derbyshire #Refugee Conference 2025 ***
13th June, University of #Derby

A full-day in-person event ahead of #RefugeeWeek bringing together researchers, organisations, and individuals with lived experience of seeking sanctuary. Book now!

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