🗣️ Post-tax earnings for the average family remain on course to be £380 per year lower at the beginning of 2025 compared with the start of 2021. @ONS labour market stats out today show approximately 2% real earnings growth. This does little to change the bigger picture. 🧵 1/2
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Without a change of course, we are on route to a second lost decade in living standards. 📢 JRF and @TrussellTrust are calling on all parties to introduce an Essentials Guarantee into Universal Credit to ensure everyone has a protected minimum amount of support.