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What’s so rapid about RAPID?
Real time poverty metrics are now freely available to policymakers courtesy of a new online interactive portal called RAPID
Real-time Analysis of Poverty Indicators Dashboard (RAPID) with Policy in Practice
Policy in Practice and JRF have developed RAPID, an advanced tool to track aggregate rates of low income and poverty using real time data
Missing out 2024: £23 billion of support is unclaimed each year
Policy in Practice estimates that total unclaimed income related benefits and social tariffs in the UK is now £23 billion, more than 2023
Autumn Statement 2023: A step forward after many steps back
We analyse the new policy announcements in the Autumn Statement 2023 to see what it means for families on the lowest incomes
Folkestone and Hythe District Council reaches the IRRV Awards 2023 finals with Policy in Practice
Read how IRRV Awards 2023 finalist Folkestone and Hythe District Council uses data to boost vulnerable households’ income by £1.1million
How we can use administrative data in research to create impact
Unlocking insights from administrative data is what our research team does. Read about their current projects and plans for 2023
Spring Budget 2023: Fewer barriers to work but harsher conditionality
Spring Budget 2023: Ending the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), changes to childcare and more support for energy bills. We take a look
Policy in Practice wins with local government at Public Finance Awards 2022
Policy in Practice, along with its local government partners, won two major awards at the Public Finance Awards 2022 on 29 November and was a finalist in a third category
How better use of Universal Credit can tackle the cost of living crisis
We look at the government’s case for uprating benefits by less than inflation and argue that Universal Credit should be made to work better.