Posted on May 23, 2019
14 MPs turn up to discuss UN report on 14 million people living in poverty
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The UN’s report on poverty in Britain is at risk of being swept under the carpet after just 14 MPs turned up to debate the issue in parliament yesterday.
A festive hangover appeared to have swept over the House of Commons as politicians returned from their holiday break.
Only a handful of MPs bothered to turn up to an adjournment debate on the findings of the United Nations Report on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in the UK and Northern Ireland, with new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd sending a junior minister in her place instead.
Although such debates are rarely well attended the Labour MPs who turned up lamented the government for the disdain it had shown towards the report, with Liz McInnes saying the United States Government showed a similar lack of interest when the UN highlighted issues in regards to poverty in the country.
“I know that we have a special relationship with the United States, but I think it shames us all that we share that disdain,” she said.
Following his visit in November, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur, Professor Philip Alston gave a scathing report on the level of poverty in the UK, saying it risks causing damage to “the fabric of British society”.
A festive hangover appeared to have swept over the House of Commons as politicians returned from their holiday break.
Only a handful of MPs bothered to turn up to an adjournment debate on the findings of the United Nations Report on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in the UK and Northern Ireland, with new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd sending a junior minister in her place instead.
Although such debates are rarely well attended the Labour MPs who turned up lamented the government for the disdain it had shown towards the report, with Liz McInnes saying the United States Government showed a similar lack of interest when the UN highlighted issues in regards to poverty in the country.
“I know that we have a special relationship with the United States, but I think it shames us all that we share that disdain,” she said.
Following his visit in November, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur, Professor Philip Alston gave a scathing report on the level of poverty in the UK, saying it risks causing damage to “the fabric of British society”.
14 MPs turn up to discuss UN report on 14 million people living in poverty
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Great Share, PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - A lot of people do not know, especially in the US, that the UK has a very high level of poverty. If the UK were a US State it would rank dead last in terms of Per Capita GDP, below Mississippi.
There are a lot of poor people in the UK, and very few ultra-rich families that control most of the wealth in the country. Largely, as a result of this "aristocracy" it is very difficult for people to move up in class. People largely stay in the same areas as they were born, and are not mobile like many US families, who move to take jobs in other parts of the country for economic reasons.
There are a lot of poor people in the UK, and very few ultra-rich families that control most of the wealth in the country. Largely, as a result of this "aristocracy" it is very difficult for people to move up in class. People largely stay in the same areas as they were born, and are not mobile like many US families, who move to take jobs in other parts of the country for economic reasons.
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