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Published
29 November 2022
Lockdown isn’t over for us all
Authors
Rosalie Warnock
University of York
Dr
Geoff Page
University of York
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Jim Kaufman
University of York
Stephen Kingdom
Disabled Children’s Partnership
Published
24 May 2022
Every day a crisis: policy lessons from the Covid Realities research programme
Authors
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Jim Kaufman
University of York
Dr
Katie Pybus
University of York
Dr
Geoff Page
University of York
Hannah Aldridge
Child Poverty Action Group
Published
21 March 2022
Every day is a struggle: Life at the sharp end of the cost-of-living crisis
Authors
Jim Kaufman
University of York
Dr
Geoff Page
University of York
Hannah Aldridge
Child Poverty Action Group
Dr
Katie Pybus
University of York
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Covid Realities
Published
24 January 2022
Covid Realities: documenting life on a low income during the pandemic
Authors
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Dr
Kayleigh Garthwaite
University of Birmingham
Dr
Maddy Power
University of York
Jim Kaufman
University of York
Dr
Geoff Page
University of York
Dr
Katie Pybus
University of York
Rosalie Warnock
University of York
Hannah Aldridge
Child Poverty Action Group
Lizzie Flew
Child Poverty Action Group
Tom Lee
Senior Policy Analyst at Child Poverty Action Group
Sophie Howes
Child Poverty Action Group
Published
31 August 2021
Fixing Lunch: The case for expanding free school meals
Authors
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Kate Anstey
Child Poverty Action Group
Tom Lee
Senior Policy Analyst at Child Poverty Action Group
Dr
Maddy Power
University of York
Published
12 August 2021
Post-pandemic futures: Social security reimagined
Authors
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Jim Kaufman
University of York
Dr
Maddy Power
University of York
Covid Realities
Published
26 May 2021
No longer ‘managing’: The rise of working poverty and fixing Britain's broken social settlement
Authors
Clare McNeil
IPPR
Henry Parkes
IPPR
Dr
Kayleigh Garthwaite
University of Birmingham
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Published
06 May 2021
“How do I make something out of nothing?”: Universal Credit, precarity & mental health
Authors
Dr
Katie Pybus
University of York
Dr
Sophie Wickham
University of Liverpool
Dr
Geoff Page
University of York
Dr
Maddy Power
University of York
Prof
Ben Barr
University of Liverpool
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Published
19 April 2021
Uniform Mistakes: The costs of going back to school
Authors
Dr
Geoff Page
University of York
Dr
Maddy Power
University of York
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Published
01 March 2021
Statement on £20 uplift
Authors
Dr
Geoff Page
University of York
Dr
Maddy Power
University of York
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Dr
Kayleigh Garthwaite
University of Birmingham
Dr
Katie Pybus
University of York
Published
15 January 2021
Pandemic Pressures: Why families on a low income are spending more during Covid-19
Authors
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Mike Brewer
Resolution Foundation
Published
07 January 2021
Advance to debt: Paying back benefit debt – what happens when deductions are made to benefit payments?
Authors
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Tom Lee
Senior Policy Analyst at Child Poverty Action Group
Published
18 October 2020
Experiences of social security
Authors
Dr
Maddy Power
University of York
Dr
Geoff Page
University of York
Dr
Kayleigh Garthwaite
University of Birmingham
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Published
13 July 2020
Exploratory study
Authors
Dr
Ruth Patrick
University of York
Dr
Maddy Power
University of York
Dr
Kayleigh Garthwaite
University of Birmingham
Dr
Geoff Page
University of York
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