In partnership - State of paralysis - Young people’s health and economic security

In partnership State of paralysis Young people’s health and economic security in the UK The RSA FEBRUARY 2024 Acknowledgments The RSA’s Young people’s future health Significant thanks are due to the Health and economic security project was Foundation for making this project supported throughout by the guidance possible through its Young people’s and contributions of the project’s Young future heal. [...] Ibbett for support in report production and dissemination; and to the countless We are also grateful to the young people others who have been part of the who contributed to our fieldwork and YPFHES project since its inception were interviewed about the impact three years ago, including as part of the cost of living crisis, and so of our internal staff advisory group. [...] 4 State of paralysis: young people’s health and economic security in the UK iii About this project TThis report is part of the RSA’s Young people’s future health and economic security (YPFHES) project, a three-year inquiry aiming to understand young people’s economic security in the United Kingdom and to develop systemic solutions through policy and practice. [...] In these datasets, the age of a household is determined by the age of the ‘household reference person’, defined as follows: “The household reference person is the person with the main responsibility for the property, for example, the person who owns the property, or who is legally responsible for the rent. [...] 23 State of paralysis: young people’s health and economic security in the UK Alongside this, analysis from the Resolution Foundation highlights effective reductions to the benefits to which young people are entitled, from the introduction of a lower ‘shared accommodation rate’ for housing benefit to the closure of Child Trust Fund in 2011.