Posted on 04 Apr 2014
As Fair Pay Fortnight draws to a close, Kevin Rowan from the TUC discusses the problem of in work poverty Read More
Posted on 04 Apr 2014
On 16th Feburary the APPG Poverty brought together groups of young people from around the UK to develop and discuss their ideas for a Child Poverty Strategy in Parliament. ...Read More Read More
Posted on 25 Nov 2013
Roundtable hosted by the APPG on Poverty and the Webb Memorial Trust in Parliament on Tuesday 19th November 2013 On November 19th MPs and members of the House of Lords came together ...Read More Read More
Posted on 12 Nov 2013
On November 19th representatives from each of the country’s Fairness Commissions will come together for the first time in Parliament to discuss the work of the commissions, the issues they ...Read More Read More
Posted on 12 Nov 2013
There is widespread agreement between political parties that the state cannot do all the heavy lifting to reduce poverty. What part can civil society play? The Webb Memorial Trust, ...Read More 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
If the 2007/08 banking collapse represented a chastening for Britain, for Germany it has been something of a vindication. Britain remains to this day below its economic peak of ...Read More Read More
Posted on 07 Oct 2013
An Action Group on Fairness and Tackling Poverty was set up by Mayor Joe Anderson in January 2013. The remit of the group is to encourage all civic stakeholders ...Read More Read More
Posted on 07 Oct 2013
Our local authority, the London Borough of Waltham Forest, takes the issue of child and family poverty as a very real issue because it affects many of our residents. ...Read More Read More
Posted on 13 Sep 2013
During May 2013, working with 399 young people from around the UK, KidsCo, the NUT and CPAG asked young people what they thought about the costs of going to ...Read More Read More