因此，对生活水平的研究对政策制定者变得更加有价值

因此，关于生活水平的研究对政策制定者（例如拉夫堡大学研究中心的工作）变得更加有价值

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年以来，拉夫堡大学社会政策研究中心（CRSP）一直在进行其最低收入标准研究。这项工作基于与公众团体的详细研究，为英国人民提供了社会可接受的生活水平，他们讨论并达成了有关尊严所需的需求的共识。

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，由阿比盖尔·戴维斯（Abigail Davis）教授和马特·帕德利（Matt Padley）教授共同执导的CRSP一直在削减议员和公众。

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，帕德利教授和研究员朱丽叶·斯通（Juliet Stone）被邀请为工作和养老金委员会对养老金领取者贫困的调查提供口头证据。这是根据他们提交的书面证据，回答了询问试图回答的许多问题，包括：

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

*当今英国的养老金贫困的性质，程度和原因是什么？

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

*国家养老金系统的设计和运营的关键问题是什么？

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

*政府可以采取哪些政策来减少养老金领取者的贫困？

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”.

在证据会议上，帕德利教授强调说，解决养老金领取者贫困的一个关键方面是确保人们在生活中的所有方面都有足够的收入。在整个养老金制度上，他谈到了需要关注养老金领取者的公平成果，而不是当前更加交易的方法来拿出您“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.

斯通博士在与临终慈善机构玛丽·库里（Marie Curie）一起进行的有关中心的工作的人们对中心的工作提请了人们的注意，这是对经历贫困贫困的绝症的人们。她还强调需要在政府内部采取更加联合，跨部门的方法，以应对养老金领取贫困的挑战。

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，关于政府提议的福利削减的报道，再加上4月生效的许多家庭账单的兴起，CRSP的研究人员一直在媒体上讨论这些账单。该中心研究员凯瑟琳·希尔（Katherine Hill）对拟议的福利削减发表了评论：“残疾人已经处于财务状况不利 - 他们面临的贫困率比非残疾人家庭更有可能使用，因此更有可能使用食品银行 - 因此与健康相关的福利对于许多接收他们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.

随着法案的兴起，埃莱恩·罗伯逊（Elaine Robertson）博士在谈话中写了一篇文章，概述了不同社会团体面临的挑战，并指出，政府提供的目前的帮助不足以帮助这些群体。

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.

在英国大量人面临财务压力的时候，重要的是，CRSP进行的研究对政策制定者和媒体都可以看到。

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

要了解有关中心工作的更多信息，请访问其网站或发送电子邮件至crsp@lboro.ac.uk