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The Child Poverty Strategy should commit to devolve data powers to local and regional government

  • 16 September 2025

Tom Pottrill, Policy Officer at Resolve Poverty, explains why devolved access to social security data is essential for local councils in tackling poverty.

The voices behind the data: how the UK Data Service connects numbers with stories

  • 21 August 2025

Eve Little, one of our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers, shares her five standout picks from the UK Data Service Impact blog.

Understanding hunger and hardship in the UK: the power of data in driving change (part 2)

  • 24 April 2025

In the second of two posts, Sarah Fullick explores how research brings Trussell’s data to life, how Trussell uses data to drive change and looks further ahead.

Understanding hunger and hardship in the UK: the power of data in driving change (part 1)

  • 22 April 2025

In the first of two posts, Sarah Fullick introduces Trussell, explains why data is so important to them and introduces Trussell’s mission beyond foodbanks.

What can we learn about homelessness and health from a household survey?

  • 19 November 2024

Dr Natasha Chilman and Dr Sarah Markham describe a new study looking at mental health and multimorbidity for people with prior experiences of homelessness in a household survey.

How are children’s social, emotional and behavioural outcomes impacted by poverty?

  • 24 September 2024

In this post we introduce the latest Impact Case study which looks at the importance of social factors in mitigating disparities in the lives of young people in areas such as poverty, health, housing and discrimination.

How underlying health conditions and demography produced socio-economic inequalities in the COVID-19 pandemic

  • 25 June 2024

Lucy Goodfellow, Research Assistant at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, discusses the impact of socio-economic health inequalities and age during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How are the data underpinning research and policy around poverty? (spring 2024)

  • 30 May 2024

We highlight some of the ways data in the UK Data Service collection is being used in research, reports and articles we’ve seen over the past few months. 

Unlocking Adolescent Potential: The Power of Family Support Amidst Childhood Adversities and poverty

  • 21 May 2024

Nicholas Kofi Adjei, Research Associate at the University of Liverpool, discusses the relationship between family adversities across the early life course and perceived emotional support in adolescence.

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