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Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says

Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society

The Guardian - UK

UK 'violating international law' with poverty levels, top UN official says

THE United Nations’ poverty envoy has said the UK government is violating international law ahead of a visit to the country this week.

The National (Scotland)

UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy

Exclusive: Special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter to urge ministers to increase welfare spending on visit to country this week

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UN decries Amazon, Walmart, DoorDash for ‘shameful’ wages and union-busting

Human rights expert says US companies trap workers in poverty, forcing them to rely on food stamps and Medicaid

The Guardian - US

UN report on Ecuador links crime with poverty, faults government for not ending bonded labor

A U.N. envoy is urging urged Ecuador’s leaders to boost enforcement of labor laws and end popular fuel subsidies

The Independent UK

Stateless Rohingya could soon be the ‘new Palestinians’, top UN official warns

Special rapporteur Olivier De Shutter calls for action on neglected crisis after finding ‘absolutely terrible’ conditions on visit to Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh

The Guardian - UK

UN agencies face funding challenges in feeding Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, official says

A United Nations official says Bangladesh should not bear the burden of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees alone while U.N. agencies are facing challenges to feed them

The Independent UK

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Top 10 hedge funds made £1.5bn profit from Ukraine war food price spike

Analysis raises questions over role of speculators in inflating food prices amid global cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Charities back UN envoy’s warning on further UK austerity

UN rapporteur’s concern is ‘wake-up call’ for Sunak government considering cuts to benefits

The Guardian - UK

UN envoy warns Rishi Sunak against ‘troubling’ austerity cuts OLD

‘Worst time’ for UK to impose spending cuts, says UN rapporteur

The Independent UK

UN poverty envoy tells Britain this is ‘worst time’ for more austerity

Exclusive: Olivier de Schutter says cuts could violate human rights laws, calling instead for higher taxes on rich

The Guardian - UK

Make poverty discrimination illegal like racism or sexism, official to tell UN

Exclusive: ‘Povertyism’ restricts access to education, housing, employment and social benefits and must be outlawed, says special rapporteur

The Guardian - UK

‘Lives will be lost’ if benefits and wages do not rise in line with inflation

The most vulnerable are “paying the price” of world events, Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, will say.

The Independent UK

Record profits for grain firms amid food crisis prompt calls for windfall tax

Sales at world’s top four traders have soared, raising concerns of profiteering and speculation

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Blames Lebanese Politicians for Forcing Population Into Poverty

Lebanon’s political and financial leaders are responsible for forcing most of the country’s population into poverty, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, Olivier De Schutter, said in a report published Wednesday. He stressed that the Lebanese State, including its Central Bank, is responsible for human rights violations, including the…

Reuters

Lebanese state violated human rights by mismanaging crisis, UN poverty envoy says

Lebanon's government and its central bank have committed human rights violations by impoverishing people through the "callous destruction" of the country's economy, an independent United Nations report said on Wednesday.

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