Academics Stand Against Poverty 2024 manifesto audit
For the third time, Academics Stand Against Poverty UK (ASAP UK) have carried out a rapid review of the party manifestos to produce the audit as a source of information for those in the country concerned about poverty and trying to decide which party will offer the best policy platform to effectively address poverty and promote the flourishing of citizens in the UK.
PODCAST: Scoring the General Election promises on poverty
Listen to Cat Tully, head of the School of International Futures (SOIF) and on the board of ASAP, and Lee Gregory, Associate Professor in Social Policy at the University of Nottingham and Chair of Trustees for ASAP UK, on the Transforming Society podcast talk about how the audit has been produced and why it matters.
#StandAgainstPoverty blog series on Transforming Society
There is a Transforming Society blog series accompanying the audit. Read the articles here:
The manifesto audit: An anti-poverty assessment needed for the upcoming election
Lee Gregory
It’s time for our political leaders to get real about hardship in the UK
Katie Schmuecker
Towards a flourishing British society: A roadmap for development
Gerardo Arriaga
Can Keir Starmer meet his promise on poverty?
Stewart Lansley
Ending child poverty is urgent, and it is possible
Jane Millar and Kitty Stewart
The housing crisis can be solved with the right political will
Steve Iafrati
Change the benefits system from being coercive to enabling
Joanna Mack
Tackling LGBT+ poverty in a hostile policy climate
Peter Matthews and Eleanor Formby
A cost-of-learning crisis: Poverty among university students
Dave Beck
Labour’s AI vision: Can technology really end poverty?
Jess Brand, Lina Dencik, Joanna Redden and Georgia van Toorn