Report on UK by UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
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Impact of COVID-19 on Global Poverty
New research published by UNU-WIDER on 8 April warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has … Continue reading →
UN Special Rapporteur says poverty causing misery in UK
Philip Alston, special rapporteur on extreme poverty who is an expert in human rights law based at New York University spent 12 days touring the UK and found that “levels of child poverty are staggering and 1.5 million people were destitute … Continue reading →