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APPG launches call for evidence for inquiry into the (in)adequacy of social security

Posted on 05 Dec 2022

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty is launching an inquiry looking into the (in)adequacy of the social security benefit rates, focusing on benefits for working-age people and their ...Read More

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

Posted on 14 Dec 2020

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

Posted on 27 Nov 2020

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

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

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