Well as the headline of this says on FB, posted up by B & W:
When the UN question, states that we disagree with it's all over the news. Why isn't this?
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Here is the article and link to B & W
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Government refuses to accept austerity measures are breach of human rights
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Exclusive: In a letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Justice Minister Oliver Weald rejects UN concerns that welfare reform is worsening inequality in the UK
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The Government has been accused of kicking UN concerns about its austerity policy “into the long grass” after it refused to accept the findings of a report that concluded its welfare reforms were a breach of human rights.
A letter from the Ministry of Justice to the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), seen by The Independent, rejected the findings of a report by the UN’s Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which expressed “serious concerns” about Government policy. Ministers have refused to say what changes they plan to make in response to the criticisms.
The UNCESCR report, published in June 2016, said the regressive nature of welfare and justice reforms such as universal credit and the “bedroom tax” meant government policy was worsening inequality in the UK and that changes to the benefits system disproportionately affect women, young people, ethnic minorities and disabled people
Cont: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-accused-of-kicking-un-concerns-about-its-austerity-policy-into-the-long-grass-a7569761.html
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