Posted on 28 Apr 2016
Insecurity has become pervasive. It permeates the lives not just of the marginalised but also the reasonably well off. In/security is not simply the latest political fad restricted to the chattering classes, ...Read More Read More
Posted on 12 Apr 2016
Tuesday 3rd May, 15:30-17:00, Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, Westminster Companies are in the spotlight because the UK government is vigorously seeking work-based solutions to poverty and at the same ...Read More Read More
Posted on 08 Apr 2016
Wednesday 27th April, 09.30-11.00, Jubilee Room (off Westminster Hall), Palace of Westminster. Tea & coffee from 09.15 Join Compass and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty for the ...Read More Read More
Posted on 31 Mar 2016
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was asked what steps she plans to take to reduce energy prices for indebted prepayment customers. The Secretary of State ...Read More Read More
Posted on 23 Mar 2016
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab): I beg to move, That this House has considered Government policy on enforcement of the national minimum wage in the care sector. I am ...Read More Read More
Posted on 19 Mar 2016
If someone is in poverty in the 21st Century, what does that really mean? Asset rich/money poor, fuel poor, food poor and working poor – none of these are ...Read More Read More
Posted on 09 Mar 2016
Question asked by Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South) on 25 February 2016 To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ...Read More Read More
Posted on 04 Mar 2016
by Kevin Hollinrake MP, Chair of APPG on Poverty As research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows, housing can mitigate or exacerbate the impact of poverty on people’s lives. ...Read More Read More
Posted on 02 Mar 2016
Fundamentally, poverty is the direct result of an absence of choices and opportunities and a violation of human dignity. When we talk about poverty in the UK today we ...Read More Read More
Posted on 25 Feb 2016
Natalie McGarry (Glasgow East) (Ind): I beg to move, That this House has considered disabilities, poverty and inequalities. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger, ...Read More Read More
