📢 We will be calling for action in these key areas in our Budget 2026 campaign to achieve meaningful change for one-parent families

#poverty #childpoverty #housing #familyhomelessness #Budget2026 #oneparentfamily #loneparent #singleparent #MESL (2/2)

Outstanding work by @mesl_research launching their #MESL 2025 report this morning. A must read for anyone interested in what we must do to eradicate poverty.. Government take note... everyone has a right to live in dignity..

Lone parents, households with children, single working-age adults and renters are the groups most likely to have an income that does not meet their basic expenditure needs

Groups with highest rate below #MESL include children (15%), lone parents (38%), and working-age single adults (26%).

Majority of people below #MESL (72%) are also at-risk of poverty, a third (35%) experience deprivation, a quarter (23%) live in consistent poverty.

www.esri.ie/news/lone-pa...

Our #MESL Impact Briefing assessing Budget 2025 is out now.

We analyse the impact of Budget 2025, applying the MESL data to examine the impact of the announced measures on income adequacy next year.

The briefing is available at www.budgeting.ie/publications/budget-2025-1/

Cover image of MESL Working Paper 'The cost of adequately heating the home'.

#MESL Working Paper 'The cost of adequately heating the home' published.
Examines 
• cost of meeting energy need, by dwelling efficiency for 4 household types,
• burden of energy costs 
• risk of #energypoverty in social welfare and minimum wage scenarios.

www.budgeting.ie/publications...