Posted on 20 Feb 2018
The APPG on Poverty would like to understand the extent of the poverty premium and make recommendations for policymakers and business to alleviate or eradicate it. We would like ...Read More 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 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 Read More
Posted on 05 Dec 2016
By Saskia Greenhalgh What will it take to improve children’s life chances? This is the question posed by the Child Poverty Action Group’s (CPAG’s) new book, Improving Children’s Life ...Read More Read More
Posted on 27 Oct 2016
Whose responsibility is poverty? There is a growing consensus that current narratives around poverty have failed and that a new approach is needed to create a good society – one ...Read More Read More
Posted on 21 Oct 2016
Most commentators now agree that the shortage of housing in the UK is reaching crisis proportions, with rental costs rising sharply and those on low incomes particularly seriously affected. ...Read More Read More
Posted on 13 May 2016
by Caroline Hartnell What is the role of business in reducing poverty? This was the question before a meeting hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty (APPG) ...Read More Read More
Posted on 28 Apr 2016
Insecurity has become pervasive. It permeates the lives not just of the marginalised but also the reasonably well off. In/security is not simply the latest political fad restricted to the chattering classes, ...Read More Read More
Posted on 19 Mar 2016
If someone is in poverty in the 21st Century, what does that really mean? Asset rich/money poor, fuel poor, food poor and working poor – none of these are ...Read More Read More
Posted on 02 Mar 2016
Fundamentally, poverty is the direct result of an absence of choices and opportunities and a violation of human dignity. When we talk about poverty in the UK today we ...Read More Read More
