Posted on 04 Jun 2024
During the dissolution of Parliament, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty ceases to exist. We hope to reform after the General Election.
Posted on 30 Apr 2024
Today we have published our joint report with the APPG on Migration which has found that the immigration, asylum and refugee system in the UK is creating destitution by ...Read More
Posted on 07 Feb 2024
The APPG on Poverty is delighted to host Helen Rowe, author of Eliminating Poverty in Britain at our next official online meeting on Tuesday 27 February at 10.30am. Helen will speak to several sections ...Read More
Posted on 25 Sep 2023
Today we are officially launching a joint inquiry into The Effects of UK Immigration, Asylum and Refugee Policy on Poverty with the APPG on Migration. We have decided to ...Read More
Posted on 21 Jun 2023
In spring 2023, the APPG on Poverty launched a short inquiry into the (in)adequacy of social security benefits, putting out a call for evidence then holding two evidence sessions. ...Read More
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
Posted on 20 Jul 2022
In autumn 2021, the APPG on Poverty launched a short inquiry into in-work poverty, putting out a call for evidence then holding two evidence sessions. The first of these ...Read More
Posted on 06 Oct 2021
At the beginning of the year, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty published a report on the impact on poverty of not maintaining the £20 increase to universal ...Read More
Posted on 02 Sep 2021
Despite increases to the National Living Wage, levels of poverty within working households continue to rise. The number of children in relative poverty in households where all the parent(s) ...Read More
Posted on 01 Feb 2021
In December 2020, the APPG released a call for evidence looking into the impact on poverty of the £20 uplift in universal credit and working tax credits as well ...Read More
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
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
Posted on 23 Mar 2020
The APPG on Poverty is currently suspending its activities because of restrictions in access to the Parliamentary estate.
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
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
Posted on 04 Nov 2019
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty launches its report into the poverty premium.
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
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
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
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
Posted on 15 Feb 2019
Lucie Russell is the Director of Fair By Design, a campaign dedicated to ending the extra costs of being poor. In this blog, Lucie talks about the experiences of the ...Read More
Posted on 01 Feb 2019
In December 2017, the APPG on Poverty launched an inquiry into the poverty premium in order to understand the extent of the premium and to make recommendations for policymakers ...Read More
Posted on 04 Sep 2018
Jean has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which means her joints dislocate easily and she is in a lot of pain. In this blog, she talks about the additional costs of living ...Read More
Posted on 28 May 2018
The APPG on Poverty would like to understand the extent of the poverty premium and make recommendations for policymakers and business to alleviate or eradicate it. The APPG on ...Read More
Posted on 20 Feb 2018
The APPG on Poverty would like to understand the extent of the poverty premium and make recommendations for policymakers and business to alleviate or eradicate it. We would like ...Read More
Posted on 19 Feb 2018
Join us for the launch of Orbit and CPAG’s Happy, Healthy Starts report, which outlines practical actions to help tackle child poverty. It will share steps that can be ...Read More
Posted on 07 Dec 2017
Research has shown that many people living in areas of high deprivation or on low incomes are also subject to the ‘Poverty Premium’, where they are paying higher rates for ...Read More
Posted on 15 Nov 2017
On 17 October 2017, United Nations’ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the APPG on Poverty and the APPG for London co-hosted an event with London Child Poverty Alliance to launch London’s Poverty ...Read More
Posted on 31 Oct 2017
Politicians across Westminster hail Lord Bird’s proposed bill during rental data debate. Ahead of second reading on 24 November 2017, Liam Geraghty outlines the support the bill has received ...Read More
