Unsung Britain

There are around 13 million low-to-middle income families across Britain today. This diverse group of families are at the heart of the country’s economic prospects, and any government’s political mandate. And yet they are poorly understood – who they are, how their lives have changed, and the stresses and strains they are under. In order to better understand low-to-middle income Britain, the Resolution Foundation is launching a new 12-month project – with support from JPMorganChase – which will also investigate what can be done to boost their living standards.

The project will answer a range of questions about the living standards of low-to-middle-income families. What are their pay, employment and career prospects? Where do they work, who do they live with and how are they housed? What are their health and caring responsibilities? What do they spend their disposable incomes on? How have their prospects changed in recent decades, and what has this meant for their ability to transition in and out of low-to-middle income Britain?