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Adam Wagner @AdamWagner1
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The UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty @Alston_UNSR has been investigating the situation in the UK - his preliminary findings are damning ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/…
Ideology to blame, says @Alston_UNSR
Also rightly points to the reduction in Legal Aid (the NHS for people in need of funded support to enforce their rights in court) as a key driver of the rise in poverty
Brexit will disproportionately affect the poor - due to reductions in funding and basic rights protections. How people on the left are supporting this catastrophe will be one for the historians to puzzle over
Universal Credit - good idea to consolidate benefits, terrible roll out and appears to be more focussed on saving money and sending messages
Conclusion should be a salutary reminder to those in power: in a rich economy poverty is a political choice
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