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The Peter Townsend Collection
List of Contents for Boxes 65 - 74: ‘Papers of the Child Poverty Action Group’.
G Drive: Lists; CPAG97.DOC
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The Peter Townsend Collection
List of Contents for Box 65: ‘Papers of the Child Poverty Action Group’.
Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings 1965-1976
File 1: 1965-1967
File 2: 1968
File 3: 1969
File 4: 1970
File 5: 1971
File 6: 1972
File 7: 1973
File 8: 1974
File 9: 1975
File10:1976
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List of Contents for Box 66: ‘Papers of the Child Poverty Action Group’.
Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings 1977-1986
File 1: 1977
File 2: 1978
File 3: 1979
File 4: Jan - April 1980
File 5: May -Dec 1980
File 6: 1981
File 7: 1982
File 8: 1983
File 9: Jan - June 1984
File 10: July - Dec 1984
File 11: 1985
File 12: 1986
[cf: see also file 12, Box 74 for minutes of Development Working Party Meetings
1982 - 1988]
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The Peter Townsend Collection
List of Contents for Box 67: ‘Papers of the Child Poverty Action Group’.
Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings 1987-1991
File 1: Jan - Aug 1987
File 2: Sept - Dec 1987
File 3: Jan - June 1988
File 4: July - Dec 1988
File 5: Jan - Aug 1989
File 6: Sept - Dec 1989
File 7: 1990
File 8: Jan - June 1991
File 9: July - Dec 1991
[ Note: See file 13, Box 74 for minutes of Anti Poverty Working Party Committee
Meetings 1986-1987]
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The Peter Townsend Collection
List of Contents for Box 68: ‘Papers of the Child Poverty Action Group’.
Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings 1992-1996
File 1: 1992
File 2: Jan - June 1993
File 3: July - Dec 1993
File 4: Jan - June 1994
File 5: July - Dec 1994
File 6: Jan - June 1995
File 7: July - Dec 1995
File 8: 1996
File 9: Jan – June 1997
File 10: July – Dec 1997
File 11 1998
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The Peter Townsend Collection
List of Contents for Box 69: ‘Papers of the Child Poverty Action Group’.
Correspondence 1965 -1995
File1: 1965 - 1969
File 2a: Jan - July 1970
File 2b: Aug - Dec 1970
File 3: 1971
File 4: Jan - July 1972
File 5: Aug - Dec 1972
File 6: 1973
File 7: 1974
File 8: 1975 -1978
File 9: 1979
File 10: 1980
File 11: 1981-1982
File 12: 1983 - 1984
File 13: 1985 - 1989
File 14: 1990 – 1995
File 15: 1996 - 1998
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List of Contents for Box 70: ‘Papers of the Child Poverty Action Group’.
Press Releases 1967-1993. Press Cuttings 1965-1989
File 1: Press Releases 1960s (undated)
File 2: “ “ 1967 - 1970
File 3: “ “ 1971 - 1972
File 4: “ “ 1973 - 1974
File 5: “ “ 1975 - 1977
File 6: “ “ 1978 - 1979
File 7: “ “ 1980 - 1981
File 8: “ “ 1982 - 1985
File 9: “ “ 1986 - 1987
File 10: “ “ 1988 - 1989
File 11: “ “ 1990 - 1993
File 12: “ “ 1994 - 1996
File 13: Press Cuttings (undated)
File 14: “ “ 1965 - 1969
File 15: “ “ 1970 – 1989
File 16: Press Releases 1997 - 1998
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List of Contents for Box 71: ‘Papers of the Child Poverty Action Group’.
Welfare Rights: Bulletins and Handbooks. Rights Guides
National Welfare Benefits Handbooks 1975 - 1995
Rights Guides (assorted topics) 1975 - 1995
Welfare Rights Bulletins 1974 - 1995
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List of Contents for Box 72: ‘Papers of the Child Poverty Action Group’.
Evidence, Memoranda, Reports, Submissions, Published Reports
File 1: Memoranda to the Chancellor of the Exchequer - March 1972, 1974, April
1975 (draft), March 1977, Jan 1981 (published), Jan 1982 (published), Jan 1984
(published), Jan 1985 (published), Dec 1985 (published), Feb 1988 (published), 1989
(published), Feb 1993 (published). Related correspondence, Jan - Feb 1970. Press
Cuttings (2), March 1970
File 2: Memorandum to the Secretary of State for Social Services, Sept 1970.
- Memorandum ‘Rate Rebates’, October 1970
- Evidence ‘Abuse and the Abused’ to the Committee of Enquiry into the Abuse of
Social Security Benefits, Dec 1971
- Supplementary Evidence requested by the Committee of Enquiry as above, April
1972. Supplementary Note to the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal
Aid and Advice, Oct 1972
- Memorandum to the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee, ‘The Work of Liaison
Officers and Legal Centres’, Jan 1973
- Submission to the Central Policy Review Staff, Oct 1973
- Evidence to the Education and Arts Sub-Committee of the House of Commons
Expenditure Committee, June 1974
- Memorandum from CPAG and the Pimlico Neighbourhood Aid Centre on the
‘Exclusion from Rent Acts Protection of Tenants of Resident Landlords’ etc.
- Memorandum to the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson MP from CPAG
and other charitable institutions, ‘An assessment of the relationships between poverty
in Britain and the Third World and proposals for action’, Dec 1974
- Memorandum to Appointed Members of the Agricultural Wages Board from the
Low Pay Unit, Dec 1974
File 3: Evidence, Memoranda, Reports, 1975 - 1977
- Evidence to Enquiry of the Supplementary Benefits Commission, ‘The Cohabitation
Rule’, Jan 1975
- Evidence to the Committee of Enquiry ‘Local Government Finance’, April 1975
- Memorandum to the Law Commission on the Offence of Entering and Remaining on
Property, April 1975
- Memorandum to the Lord Chancellor as above, May 1975
- Memorandum to the Executive Committee and staff re: draft ‘Submission to the
Committee on Voluntary Organisations’, May 1975
- Submission to the National Council of Social Service Committee of Enquiry, ‘The
Effect of Charity Law on Voluntary Organisations’
- Evidence to the Lovell-Davis Enquiry on fuel poverty, March 1976
- Evidence to the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth, Feb
1977 (draft)
- Submission to the British Medical Association and the Royal Commission on
National Health charges, Feb 1977
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File 4: Evidence, Submissions and Memoranda 1978 - 1995
- An Updating of the Secretary of State for Social Services memorandum to the
Cabinet, ‘Families Worse off Under Labour?’, Jan 1978 (draft)
- Royal Commission on the Provision of Legal Services, Jan 1978
- Submission to the Prime Minister, ‘Labour’s Curse?: A Call for action to combat the
record post-war unemployment’, Jan 1978
- Royal Commission on Legal Services, May 1978
- A Post-Budget Memorandum, ‘Priority for Children: A Labour Success’, June 1978
- Memorandum to Customs and Excise, ‘The Child-Cheating Chancellor: The Impact
of VAT on Children’s Clothing and Footwear’, Aug 1979
- Submission to the Justice All-Souls Review Committee on Administrative Law,
1981
- Evidence to the National Consumer Council: Review of the UK Social Security
System by A B Atkinson, March 1984
- Evidence to Social Security Reviews, Sept 1984. Evidence to Social Security
Reviews, ‘Changed Priorities Ahead?’, Aug 1984
- ‘ “The Poverty of Maintenance”: A Response from the CPAG to the White Paper on
Maintenance, “Children Come First” ‘, by Fran Bennett and Vicki Chapman, Dec
1990
- ‘One Generation On: The Rising Tide of Child Poverty, 1965-1990’, a Pre-
Christmas Memorandum to the Prime Minister by Alan Walker, Dec 1990
- ‘Fairness First’: A Memorandum to the Government from the CPAG for the
Community Charge Review, March 1991
- ‘Laying Bare the Lottery: The Social Fund Examined’, Oct 1992
- CPAG’s Pre-Budget Statement: ‘A Unified Budget for a Unified Society’, by Sally
Witcher, Nov 1993
- Memorandum to the Employment Committee, ‘Mothers in Employment’, April
1994
- Submission to the Social Security Advisory Committee on Housing Benefit
(General) Amendment Regulations 1995
File 5: Memoranda, Reports and Submissions (undated)
- Incomes Policy for Families
- The Full Employment Debate
- Income Tax
- Memorandum to the Ross (Population) Panel
- ‘No Justice in Rough Justice’
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File 6: Reports, Papers, Speeches (Transcripts) 1970 -1976
- Transcripts of speeches made at the Cambridge Union, May 1970
- Transcript of speech made by David Ennals MP, April 1970
- Peter Townsend’s comments on the above speech
- ‘A Means Tested World’, by Richard M Titmuss, draft of an article for The
Guardian, Oct 1970
- ‘Unemployment, the Facts’, a report by Frank Field, 1974
- ‘Back to the Thirties for the Poor?: A Re-Appraisal’, by Frank Field, 1976
- ‘The Nonsense of Earnings Related Supplement’ by Sue Ward, 1975
- Comments on the above paper by Adrian Sinfield
- Tenants Rights to Security and rent fixing, Dec 1975
- ‘Don’t Abandon Child Benefits’, June 1976
- ‘ “I dread to think about Christmas”: A study of poor families in 1976’, by Sheila
Cliff and Frank Field, (in association with Family Service Units), Dec 1976
- ‘Confusing Supplementary Benefits Policy and Law: Can Advocates and Tribunal
Members be de-mesmerised?’, by David Bull, 1976 (draft)
- ‘Poverty’, a paper for the SSRC (undated)
- ‘Citizens or Poor People?’ by Richard M Titmuss, a paper for a CPAG conference
(undated but probably 1969)
File 7: Published Reports (1) 1973-1974 and undated
- ‘School Clothing in Bristol’, June 1973
- ‘Cold Comfort’, July 1974
- Heating Action Group (undated report)
- ‘Unequal Britain’: CPAG briefing on Conference Debates (undated)
File 8: Published Reports (2) 1973-1974
- Guide to Rates Revaluations, Appeals and Rate Rebates, 1973
- Welfare in Action Reports (6): - ‘’Poor Families and Inflation’ by Marie Brown and
Frank Field, Feb 1974, ‘Turning the Heat On’ by Marigold Johnson, June 1974, ‘The
Stigma of Free School Meals’ by Frank Field, Oct 1974,‘School Holidays: A Crisis
for Poor Families’ by Jane Streather and Sheila Woolfson (undated), ‘Council
Inaction’ by Ruth Lister, June 1975, ‘The New Sickness Certification: Panacea or
Placebo by David Bull, Oct 1976
- ‘Free School Meals’, by the Colchester Poverty Action Group, July 1975
File 9: Published Reports 1978-1981
- ‘Reaching the Consumer in the Ante-Natal and Child Health Services’, the report of
the conference, April 1978
- ‘No Manifesto for the Poor’ by Ruth Lister, April 1979
- ‘Four Weeks Past “A Day”: The New Supplementary Benefits Scheme in Practice’,
Dec 1980
- ‘Social Priorities in Taxation’ by Ruth Lister, Oct 1981
- ‘Whatever Happened to Freedom of Choice?’ by Ruth Lister, Feb 1981
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File 10: Published Reports 1983-1986
- ‘Who Will Solve Britain’s Poverty Crisis?’ by Ruth Lister, May 1983
- ‘Social Security Reviews: Countdown’ by Ruth Lister, April 1985
- ‘Social Security White Paper: a Plain Person’s Guide’ by Ruth Lister and Carey
Oppenheim, Jan 1986
- ‘A Feudal Levy’, by Carey Oppenheim, Oct 1986
-’Poor Children: A Tale of Two Decades’ by David Piachaud, Dec 1986
- ‘Christmas on the Breadline by Carey Oppenheim and Stephanie McEvaddy, Dec
1988
- ‘What Future for Social Security?’by Ruth Lister, Jo Roll and Roger Smith
(undated)
File 11: Published Reports 1987-1993
- ‘Poverty and Deprivation in the South West’ by Bob Deacon, March 1987
- ‘A Great Retreat in Fairness’ by Ruth Lister and Beth Lakhani, May 1987
- ‘Patching Up Divided Britain’ by Ruth Lister, June 1987
- ‘Poverty and Deprivation in the North West’ by Mike Wilson, June 1987
- ‘One Good Meal a Day: the Loss of Free School Meals’ by Stephanie McEvaddy,
Aug 1988
- ‘Poverty, the Facts’ by Carey Oppenheim, 1988
- ‘ “Dear Mr Moore”: A Report on letters from parents about child benefit’ by Fran
Bennett, Oct 1988
- ‘Fair Enough?: Comment on the Council Tax’ by Fran Bennett, June 1991
‘Windows of Opportunity’ outline of a book ‘Public Policy and the Poor’ edited by
Saul Becker, prior to publication, Oct 1991
-‘A Winter’s Tale: The Cost of Christmas for Poor Families’ by Issy Cole-Hamilton,
Dec 1991
- ‘Crisis, what crisis? CPAG’s response to the Government’s review of Social
Security Spending, October 1993
File 12: Non CPAG Publications
Legal Action Aug 1984, Rights Workers Bulletins Nov 1984, Sept 1985, Adviser
Dec 1986
File 13: Non CPAG Reports
- ‘Reform of Social Security’ by Action for Benefits, June 1985
- ‘Aspects of Poverty’ report of 1983 AGM of NACAB (National Association of
Citizens Advice Bureaux)
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Poverty: Pamphlets, journals, newsletters. Pamphlets: assorted topics
Pamphlets 1-59 excluding 58
Journals 1-90 excluding 79 and 76 plus outlines for nos. 25-28
Research 1-9
Newsletters 1-19
Leaflets 1-4
Other pamphlets on assorted topics
“ “ on regional studies
Rights leaflet
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Miscellaneous
File1: The history of CAPG. Material for a seminar at the Institute of Historical
Research, November 1983
File 2: The Housing Finance Bill 1972. Reports/discussion papers
File 3: Welfare Law Reports (published), Welfare Law Notes (Published), Discussion
Papers (assorted topics)
File 4: The Population Policy Debate. Documentation for CPAG seminar July 1972
File 5: Assorted leaflets, fact sheets, posters, conference publicity, publications
leaflets, Poll Tax News 1987 -1988
File 6: CPAG newsletters Oct 1981 - 1988 (incomplete)
File 7: Resource packs: - ‘Across the Divide’, 1987, ‘Training Materials’, 1991. Fact
packs; ‘Divided Britain’ 1986, ‘CPAG Fact Pack’, 1987
File 8: Campaign Kits. ‘Wasted Labour’ 1978, ‘International Year of the Child’, 1979
File 9: Funding Applications. Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Nov 1972. The
Sheldon Trust, Jan 1975. [For Rowntree see also individual ‘Minutes’ files]
File 10: Tax Credits: - Document for the House of Commons Select Committee
meeting, March 1973. Evidence ‘The Contribution of the Tax Credit scheme to the
abolition of poverty’ by A B Atkinson. Related documentation and correspondence
File 11: Poverty Research Institute 1970
File 12: Development Working Party 1982-1988, minutes and related documentation
File 13: Anti-Poverty Working Party Dec 1986 - June 1987. Report on CPAG’s
proposals for reform of tax/Benefit scheme by Fiona Coulter, Sept 1986. APWP
report, Jan 1987 (draft). Minutes of meetings for February and April 1987
File 14: Miscellaneous papers (undated)
File 15/01: Miscellaneous Briefing Papers 1995 - 1998
File 15/02: Miscellaneous Briefing Papers 1995 - 1998
List ends.
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