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Westminster Hall Debate: Disabilities, Poverty and Inequalities

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

Westminster Hall debate: Under-occupancy Penalty

Posted on 23 Feb 2016

Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central) (Lab): I beg to move, That this House has considered the regional effects of the under-occupancy penalty. It is a pleasure to serve under your ...Read More

MPs debate amendments made by the House of Lords to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill

Posted on 23 Feb 2016

Priti Patel: The Bill is a vital part of the Government’s reforms that are moving this country to a high wage, low tax, low welfare economy. It is fundamental ...Read More

Housing Poverty: Whose Land is it Anyway?

Posted on 19 Feb 2016

Richard Rawes, Chair of the Webb Memorial Trust, reflects on recent events at the Town and Country Planning Association, Institute of Economic Development and New Economics Foundation. The Webb ...Read More

House of Commons Library briefing paper: Fuel Poverty

Posted on 19 Feb 2016

This briefing paper provides an overview of how fuel poverty is defined and measured and current policy initiatives designed to counter it. The term ‘fuel poverty’ is used to ...Read More

Lords Select Committee: Short-sighted Government housing policy will not meet objectives

Posted on 19 Feb 2016

The House of Lords National Policy for the Built Environment Committee today asserts the importance of delivering a better built environment and criticises current government policy as unlikely to meet ...Read More

Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16: Lords amendments on child poverty and ESA

Posted on 18 Feb 2016

The Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16 had its Third Reading in the House of Lords on 9 February, and the Commons is due to consider Lords amendments on ...Read More