Posted on 25 Nov 2013
Written Answers – Cabinet Office: Low Incomes (21 Nov 2013) http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2013-11-21a.175688.h&s=Poverty#g175688.r0 Esther McVey: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions. The ...Read More
Posted on 25 Nov 2013
Roundtable hosted by the APPG on Poverty and the Webb Memorial Trust in Parliament on Tuesday 19th November 2013 On November 19th MPs and members of the House of Lords came together ...Read More
Posted on 12 Nov 2013
On November 19th representatives from each of the country’s Fairness Commissions will come together for the first time in Parliament to discuss the work of the commissions, the issues they ...Read More
Posted on 12 Nov 2013
There is widespread agreement between political parties that the state cannot do all the heavy lifting to reduce poverty. What part can civil society play? The Webb Memorial Trust, ...Read More
Posted on 01 Nov 2013
Ian Lucas (Wrexham, Labour) To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were classed as living in poverty in each parliamentary constituency in the ...Read More
Posted on 01 Nov 2013
William Bain (Glasgow North East, Labour) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hood. Growth may be making an overdue return to the UK economy, but ...Read More
Posted on 01 Nov 2013
The APPG Poverty is proud to be hosting a reception to mark Living Wage Week with The Living Wage Foundation in Parliament on Wednesday 6th November. Citizens UK and The Living ...Read More
Posted on 07 Oct 2013
If the 2007/08 banking collapse represented a chastening for Britain, for Germany it has been something of a vindication. Britain remains to this day below its economic peak of ...Read More
Posted on 07 Oct 2013
APPG Poverty ‘Busting the Myths’ fringe event at the Labour Party conference How do we bust the myths about benefit claimants and poverty? This was the challenging question at a fringe meeting ...Read More
