Britons want the social security system o protect those who need it, but believe the current system is falling short. However, the public has a clear preferred path to reform.

Based on surveys of over 2,400 respondents and a focus group conversation with parents in Stoke Central and Birmingham Perry Barr, this report examines how three years of high energy bills are stretching household finances to breaking point and straining family life.

Reform UK and the Green Party are both making tracks throughout deprived areas of England but our recent research reveals that each party’s success comes from different domains of deprivation. Where Green and Reform voters find common ground is a loss of faith in Britain’s political institutions and a desire to “just let them all burn.”