UN report: Poverty is at crisis point in the UK – and it’s political — Left Foot Forward

In November last year, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty Philip Alston on his visit to the UK described the rising child poverty in these words: “not just a disgrace, but a social calamity and an economic disaster, all rolled into one”. Alston’s full report from that visit, out today, echoes the findings of many…

via UN report: Poverty is at crisis point in the UK – and it’s political — Left Foot Forward

I served in Northern Ireland. It’s clear that there should be no amnesty for veterans | Military | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/22/northern-ireland-no-amnesty-veterans-amritsar-bloody-sunday

22 May 2019 Update: Only 8% Of Disallowed PIP Claims Overturned At Appeal; Gruelling Tribunal Journeys Warning; 3 Year Sanctions Axed.

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/3946-22-may-2019-update?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Benefits+and+Work&utm_content=+V1+22+May+2019+newsletter

Channel 4 News ‘banned’ from covering The Brexit Party events, says broadcaster | Latest Brexit news and top stories – The New European

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/brexit-party-bans-channel-4-1-6062175

This is everything I discovered about >all< of The Brexit Party MEP candidates.

PLOT SPOILERS: Many of them are really, really into things like conversion therapy for gay people, many support and are beaming friends to actual fascists, and a number have campaigned for a paedophile’s right to access child porn or groom children. Heck, that’s just for starters.

https://medium.com/@SJHolloway/this-is-everything-i-discovered-about-all-of-the-brexit-party-mep-candidates-2a59f8f850c5?fbclid=IwAR2clKBw8m5ieI4CKJOLEBho3LSt_sFYt2L603N8Yuvc3glkViBXMJbPJnE

Welfare project wins appeals for £475,000 in benefits wrongly refused by DWP | The National

https://www.thenational.scot/news/17649400.welfare-projectwins-appeals-for-475000-inbenefits-wronglyrefused-by-dwp/