The UK government policy and ongoing failure of most of the media to attend to the impact of austerity ‘shameful’

The United Nations (UN) has confirmed that the UK’s Austerity policies breach the UK’s international human rights obligations.

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) has expressed “serious concern” about the impact of regressive policies on the enjoyment of economic and social rights in a damning report on the UK.