This month's PRAN newsletter features a guest blog from Age UK on pensioner poverty and the looming cost-of-living crisis, the latest episode of The Cost-of-Living Chronicles podcast on the politics of poverty, plus news of LATAN's upcoming conference and a special film screening of The Man With The Plan. From urgent warnings about the winter ahead to hopeful visions of collective action, this edition brings together research, policy, and practice from across our network.
Hello and welcome back to The Cost of Living Chronicles - this is our BONUS Episode on Music and Social Change! Musicians, politicians, doctors, researchers and many others gathered to confront child poverty through song, reflecting on how music connects people and exposes systemic injustice, honouring struggling families along the way. From protest anthems to soul classics, each song stirred anger, empathy, and pride - proving art can voice what policy reports and spreadsheets cannot!
Invisible poverty - hidden hardship among working households - affects millions across the UK. A pilot study in Leicestershire and Rutland surveyed 40 residents, revealing educated, employed people routinely choosing between eating and heating, forgoing healthcare and social life. The authors of this blog call for urgent government action to make invisible poverty visible.