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. Read More
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read More
