Following the Crisis, Follow the Money

It is already a cliché to say people in low-income households are experiencing a 'perfect storm', in terms of the challenges to their financial wellbeing. The cost-of-living crisis, on top of inflation, on top of the promise of further rocketing energy prices thanks to war in Ukraine, on top of the hardship deepened through the pandemic (with furlough and job losses) is putting households under pressure not known since the 1980s. Many have gone under already, many more are on the precipice. Poverty never left us but has come out of our peripheral vision to centre stage.

While the cost-of-living crisis is a global issue, domestic policy is proving slow to respond. Struggling households need something that is immediate and local, practical and sustainable. Following the Crisis, Follow the Money is an event bringing together practitioners keen to explore what more we can collectively do to support people on low…