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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

What is the role of employers in tackling in-work poverty?

Posted on 14 Jul 2015

Barry Knight, Director of the Webb Memorial Trust, writing for The Great Business Debate. A report recently commissioned by the Webb Memorial Trust discusses how in-work poverty is the ...Read More

New APPG Poverty report into Civil Society and Poverty

Posted on 14 May 2014

The APPG Poverty, Webb Memorial Trust and The New Statesman hosted an event in the House of Commons on 6th May to launch a new report into Civil Society and Poverty with ...Read More