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
Posted on 19 Feb 2016
Richard Rawes, Chair of the Webb Memorial Trust, reflects on recent events at the Town and Country Planning Association, Institute of Economic Development and New Economics Foundation. The Webb ...Read More Read More
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 Read More
Posted on 17 Mar 2015
Parliamentary launch of Getting By? The reality of families in working poverty Tuesday 24th March 2015 2-3pm Committee Room 6, House of Commons One of the recommendations of the 2013 ...Read More Read More
Posted on 02 Mar 2015
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty has been working with Children North East and Rys Farthing from Oxford University to produce a Children’s Manifesto and action plan on poverty. ...Read More Read More
Posted on 07 Oct 2014
Young people from across the UK come together on the 15th October to launch their child poverty manifesto in Parliament Read More
Posted on 01 Nov 2013
The APPG Poverty is proud to be hosting a reception to mark Living Wage Week with The Living Wage Foundation in Parliament on Wednesday 6th November. Citizens UK and The Living ...Read More Read More
Posted on 07 Oct 2013
APPG Poverty ‘Busting the Myths’ fringe event at the Labour Party conference How do we bust the myths about benefit claimants and poverty? This was the challenging question at a fringe meeting ...Read More Read More
Posted on 12 Sep 2013
Parliamentarians have a special responsibility to speak out for the most excluded and disadvantaged, those who will struggle the most to have their concerns heard. Read More
Posted on 08 Sep 2013
Despite the growth of our economy over the past two hundred years, poverty remains with us. Although the forms may have changed, many thousands of people across our country ...Read More Read More
