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
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
