uk poverty
Raab’s historic comments were highlighted by a BBC journalist in a tweet shared hundreds of times.
'Life can feel like a hamster's wheel... I'm pushing myself so hard, but I feel like I'm stuck.'
After 12 days speaking to people affected by poverty across the UK, Professor Philip Alston, a UN special rapporteur on poverty & human rights, gave a news conference about his findings. What followed was a damning indictment of austerity-era Britain in which he said he found the welfare system to be failing people who needed it most.
I saw Philip Alston in action and the gratitude people showed - these people's experiences must not be ignored
“In the fifth richest country in the world, this is not just a disgrace, but a social calamity and an economic disaster, all rolled into one."
Growing number of people have multiple conditions amid strain on health service.
Official documents reveal he was told about the possible effects.
And are having to help brush pupil's teeth.
A new £5.2m scheme is being rolled out.
The decline of unemployment is a side-effect of insidious labour-relations which have hit Britain’s poorest the hardest