Academics Stand Against Poverty
This series of articles is published in association with Academics Stand Against Poverty UK, who are developing their third manifesto audit in the build up to the 2024 election.
They will analyse the policies in the manifestos in relation to poverty to asses how confident they are that they will enable British society to flourish.
The articles here, from those involved in the audit, offer a analysis of poverty, anti-poverty policy and manifesto recommendations.
Stewart Lansley calls on Keir Starmer to step up his ‘laser focus on poverty’ commitment to attack Britain’s yawning income and wealth gap.…Read more
Gerardo Arriaga reminds us that the Academics Stand Against Poverty manifesto audit will scrutinise parties’ policies on poverty, climate change and gender equality in the run up to the UK election.…Read more
Katie Schmuecker, Principal Policy Advisor at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, calls on politicians to stop ignoring poverty, and to come up with a plan for reducing hardship – otherwise the grim records will keep on coming and storing up problems for the future. …Read more
Lee Gregory introduces Academics Stand Against Poverty UK‘s audit of party manifestos, specifically their commitment to addressing poverty and inequality, ahead of the general election. …Read more