abrdn Financial Fairness Trust

Tackling financial problems, improving living standards

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Classify gig workers as workers rather than self-employed and abolish exploitative zero-hour contracts, says new report

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Fair Point | September 2024 | abrdn Financial Fairness Trust Newsletter

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Academics urge government to review means-tested help beyond Universal Credit

Expanding access to free school meals for all Universal Credit claimants is among the reforms proposed by researchers from the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath.

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Fair Point | Pensions Special

New research on pensions policy

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UK experiencing biggest contraction in labour force since 1980s

Final report of two-year Commission on the Future of Employment Support sets out proposals for once-in-a-generation reform to boost growth and raise living standards

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Cliff edges and precipitous inclines

The interaction between Universal Credit and additional means-tested help for working claimants

Cliff edges and precipitous inclines
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Pay and conditions in gig work

Pay and conditions in gig work
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Working for the future

The Commission on the Future of Employment Support

Working for the future
Publications3 min Read

Securing Life's Essentials

Building a plan for targeted bill support in regulated markets

Securing Life's Essentials
The Pensions Review8 min Read

Policies to improve employees retirement resources

Policies to improve employees retirement resources
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Our trustees are independent and have a broad range of skills, experiences and backgrounds. One of our ten trustees is appointed by, and is an employee of, abrdn. We have a team of staff who are based in our Edinburgh and London offices.

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We fund research, campaigning and policy work to improve living standards and personal finances for people on low to middle incomes in the UK.

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