| BAME | Black and Minority Ethnic |
| CA | Collective Agreement |
| CAB | Citizens Advice Bureaux |
| DWP | Department of Wok and Pensions |
| CPAG | Child Poverty Action Group |
| DPAC | Disabled People Against the Cuts |
| ESA | Employment and Support Allowance |
| EU | European Union |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GM | Greater Manchester |
| GMB | General and Municipal Boiler Workers Union |
| GMCA | Greater Manchester Combined Authority |
| IPPR | Institute for Public Policy Research |
| IR | Industrial Relations |
| JRF | Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
| JSA | Jobseekers Allowance |
| LP | Labour Party |
| NAO | National Audit Office |
| NL | New Labour |
| PCS | Public and Commercial Services Union |
| RTI | Real Time Information |
| SCR | Sheffield City Region |
| SNAP | Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise |
| SSAC | Social Security Advisory Committee |
| TUC | Trade Union Conference |
| UC | Universal Credit |
| USDAW | Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers |
| WCA | Work Capability Assessment |
| WPC | Work and Pensions Committee |
