Lower-Income Households Spend a Quarter of Income on Car Ownership

Lack of alternatives forcing the poorest into barely affordable car ownership

By being reliant on owning a car, the UK’s poorest households are spending a disproportionate share of their income on getting about, new research from the Institute for Public Policy Research has found. Because the absence of affordable and accessible public transport has created a reliance on private vehicles, it was found that for households on the lowest incomes, transport can consume up to a quarter of that income, placing significant press…

Lower-income households spend a quarter of income on car ownership

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that the UK’s poorest households spend 25% of their income on car ownership.

Revealed: Car ownership eats up a quarter of poorest households’ incomes

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