Lived Experience | APPG Poverty

The APPG on Poverty believes it is important to amplify the voices of people living in poverty, and to ensure that the media and Parliamentarians hear their stories.

We have collated a bank of lived experience evidence through films, podcasts, blogs and articles both created and contributed to by such experts.

The APPG on Poverty holds inaugural meeting on 12 February 2020

The APPG on Poverty held its inaugural meeting on the 12 February 2020. The minutes of that meeting are now available. The meeting included the election of officers for ...Read More

APPG launches call for evidence into the impact on poverty of maintaining the £20 uplift in universal credit

This year the Chancellor made the decision to uprate universal credit by £20 a week and boosted the incomes of millions of families. There is evidence from the likes ...Read More

APPG’s next meeting on Tuesday 1 December with the Social Metrics Commission

APPG on Poverty’s first online meeting will take place on Tuesday 1st December at 10am – 11:30am on Zoom. The APPG, supported by Child Poverty Action Group and the ...Read More

Coronavirus update

The APPG on Poverty is currently suspending its activities because of restrictions in access to the Parliamentary estate.

The APPG on Poverty holds inaugural meeting on 12 February 2020

Posted on 10 Mar 2020

The APPG on Poverty held its inaugural meeting on the 12 February 2020. The minutes of that meeting are now available. The meeting included the election of officers for ...Read More Read More

The APPG on Poverty was disbanded in advance of the December 2019 General Election

Posted on 05 Feb 2020

It is re-convening with its Inaugural Meeting meeting of the new Parliament on Wednesday 12 February 2020 at 1pm. Following this, it will re-register as an APPG and further ...Read More Read More

APPG publishes report on inquiry into the poverty premium

Posted on 04 Nov 2019

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty launches its report into the poverty premium. Read More

Providing Extra Support to Vulnerable Customers: E.ON’s approach

Posted on 27 Mar 2019

In a competitive market, how companies ensure their services are accessible to all, and in particular, how they support their most vulnerable customers, can be a tricky subject. Not ...Read More Read More

How fixing the loyalty penalty will help low-income consumers

Posted on 19 Mar 2019

Essential service markets aren’t working for people on low incomes. That’s a key reason why Citizens Advice made a super-complaint to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in September: ...Read More Read More

The poverty premium: how would you feel?

Posted on 06 Mar 2019

Alicia is a Commissioner of Birmingham Poverty Truth and an Ambassador for Fair by Design. She has also recently become an Ambassador in a unison of Fair by Design ...Read More Read More

The hidden hurdle of nappy need for struggling families

Posted on 21 Feb 2019

Audrey Symes is a volunteer for the US-based National Diaper Bank Network, and is working with a consortium of British charities to publicise the issue of nappy need in ...Read More Read More

Reports and research on the Poverty Premium

Posted on 15 Feb 2019

A bank of existing research and reports from business, academics and civil society on the poverty premium and related topics. The scale and impact of the poverty premium Measuring ...Read More Read More

Films, podcasts and blogs: lived experience of poverty

Posted on 15 Feb 2019

A bank of short films, videos, podcasts and blogs available to watch online that tell the stories of those living in poverty. FILMS AND VIDEOS Sue on how ...Read More Read More

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