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 10 Nov 2017
Is the new impact agenda the excuse you’ve been waiting for to use your research to make a difference? Sharon Wright and Peter Dwyer, researching the impacts of Universal Credit ...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
Posted on 29 Sep 2017
The Dole Animators are a group of Leeds-based individuals with experience of the benefits system. In 2013 they worked with Liverpool University researcher, Dr Ruth Patrick, to make a ...Read More
Posted on 30 Jul 2017
Sue is part of Dole Animators – a group of people with experience of the social security system in the UK who work together to highlight the effects of welfare reform. ...Read More
Posted on 28 Apr 2017
People often think that a low income is the best indicator of poverty but it’s not the whole story. Issues of poverty can include access to decent housing, community ...Read More
Posted on 20 Feb 2017
On Wednesday 18 January 2017, the APPG on Poverty hosted a parliamentary seminar to launch the End Child Poverty coalition’s ‘Feeling the Pinch’ report and campaign The seminar explored the ...Read More
Posted on 15 Feb 2017
A new bill being introduced to Parliament will set a new target to end child poverty, says Dan Jarvis MP Dan Jarvis, MP for Barnsley Central, wrote a guest ...Read More
Posted on 26 Jan 2017
2017 marks the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge Report, which was heavily influenced by Beatrice and Sidney Webb’s research on social reform. The report offered a post-war strategy for ...Read More
Posted on 05 Jan 2017
Feeling the Pinch – Shrinking family income, rising prices and the poverty premium 18 January 2017, 09.30-11.00, Macmillan Room, Portcullis House The APPG on Poverty and the End Child ...Read More
