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
Posted on 23 Mar 2020
The APPG on Poverty is currently suspending its activities because of restrictions in access to the Parliamentary estate. Read More
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 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 Read More
Posted on 04 Nov 2019
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty launches its report into the poverty premium. Read More
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 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 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 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 Read More