因此，對生活水平的研究對政策制定者變得更加有價值

因此，關於生活水平的研究對政策制定者（例如拉夫堡大學研究中心的工作）變得更加有價值

Loughborough University’s Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) has been conducting its Minimum Income Standards research since 2008. The work sets out a socially acceptable standard of living for people in the UK based on detailed research with groups of members of the public who discuss and reach agreement about what is needed to live with dignity.

自2008年以來，拉夫堡大學社會政策研究中心（CRSP）一直在進行其最低收入標準研究。這項工作基於與公眾團體的詳細研究，為英國人民提供了社會可接受的生活水平，他們討論並達成了有關尊嚴所需的需求的共識。

Recently, CRSP, which is co-directed by Professor Abigail Davis and Professor Matt Padley, has been cutting through to parliamentarians and the public.

最近，由阿比蓋爾·戴維斯（Abigail Davis）教授和馬特·帕德利（Matt Padley）教授共同執導的CRSP一直在削減議員和公眾。

At the end of March, Professor Padley and Research Fellow Dr Juliet Stone were invited to give oral evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee’s Inquiry on Pensioner Poverty. This was following written evidence they submitted which answered a number of questions that the Inquiry were seeking to answer including:

3月底，帕德利教授和研究員朱麗葉·斯通（Juliet Stone）被邀請為工作和養老金委員會對養老金領取者貧困的調查提供口頭證據。這是根據他們提交的書面證據，回答了詢問試圖回答的許多問題，包括：

* What is the nature, extent and causes of pensioner poverty in the UK today?

*當今英國的養老金貧困的性質，程度和原因是什麼？

* What are the key issues in the design and operation of the state pension system?

*國家養老金系統的設計和運營的關鍵問題是什麼？

* What policies might be undertaken by the government to reduce pensioner poverty?

*政府可以採取哪些政策來減少養老金領取者的貧困？

In the evidence session, Professor Padley highlighted that a key aspect of tackling pensioner poverty is ensuring that people have an adequate income at all points in their lives. On the pension system as a whole, he talked about the need to focus on equitable outcomes for pensioners rather than the current more transactional approach of getting out what you “pay in”.

在證據會議上，帕德利教授強調說，解決養老金領取者貧困的一個關鍵方面是確保人們在生活中的所有方面都有足夠的收入。在整個養老金制度上，他談到了需要關注養老金領取者的公平成果，而不是當前更加交易的方法來拿出您“付款”。

Dr Stone drew the Inquiry member’s attention to the Centre’s work, undertaken with end-of-life charity Marie Curie, on people living with a terminal illness who experience fuel poverty. She also emphasised the need for a more joined-up, cross-departmental approach within government, to addressing the challenge of pensioner poverty.

斯通博士在與臨終慈善機構瑪麗·庫裡（Marie Curie）一起進行的有關中心的工作的人們對中心的工作提請了人們的注意，這是對經歷貧困貧困的絕症的人們。她還強調需要在政府內部採取更加聯合，跨部門的方法，以應對養老金領取貧困的挑戰。

There has been a lot of coverage recently about the Government’s proposed welfare cuts, coupled with the rise of a number of household bills that came into force in April, and researchers at CRSP have been discussing these in the media. Katherine Hill, Research Fellow at the Centre commented on the proposed welfare cuts, saying that: “Disabled people are already financially disadvantaged - they face a higher poverty rate than non-disabled households and are more likely to use a food bank - so health-related benefits are essential to many of the households that receive them.”

最近，關於政府提議的福利削減的報導，再加上4月生效的許多家庭賬單的興起，CRSP的研究人員一直在媒體上討論這些賬單。該中心研究員凱瑟琳·希爾（Katherine Hill）對擬議的福利削減發表了評論：“殘疾人已經處於財務狀況不利 - 他們面臨的貧困率比非殘疾人家庭更有可能使用，因此更有可能使用食品銀行 - 因此與健康相關的福利對於許多接收他們的家庭都是必不可少的。”

On the rise of bills, Dr Elaine Robertson wrote an article in The Conversation in which she outlines the challenges that different groups of society will face with the increases and stated that the current help offered by the Government is not enough to help these groups.

隨著法案的興起，埃萊恩·羅伯遜（Elaine Robertson）博士在談話中寫了一篇文章，概述了不同社會團體面臨的挑戰，並指出，政府提供的目前的幫助不足以幫助這些群體。

At a time when a large number of people in the UK are facing financial pressures it is important that research, such as that undertaken by CRSP, is visible to policy makers and the media.

在英國大量人面臨財務壓力的時候，重要的是，CRSP進行的研究對政策制定者和媒體都可以看到。

To find out more about the work of the Centre, visit their website or email CRSP@lboro.ac.uk

要了解有關中心工作的更多信息，請訪問其網站或發送電子郵件至crsp@lboro.ac.uk