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Measurements of poverty

Non-inquiry session

The Work and Pensions Committee examined the Social Metric Commission’s 2020 report – Measuring Poverty 2020 - in detail, looking at the Commission’s work on poverty and coronavirus, and hearing more about DWP’s progress towards implementing the Commission’s proposed approach to poverty measurement.

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Past events

Wednesday 14 October 2020
10:00am Public
Measurements of poverty - Oral evidence 14 October 2020
10:00am
  • The Baroness Stroud (Chair at Social Metrics Commission)
  • Matthew Oakley (Commissioner at Social Metrics Commission)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

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