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Bedroom tax investigated by united nations housing official
A senior UN official is in the UK to scrutinise the impact of the bedroom tax on the human rights of people in low-income households.
The special rapporteur on housing, Raquel Rolnik, is on a two-week tour of cities where she will meet tenants affected by the policy as well as officials, campaigners and academics ...
Rolnik, who will reveal the initial findings of the unprecedented inspection next Wednesday, said the UK faced a unique moment when the challenge of providing adequate housing was “on the agenda”.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/04/bedroom-tax-investigate-un-housing
and the daily fails considered response to her findings -
We can’t have a Brazilian woman telling us how to run the country. Dave’s got an Australian bloke to do that….
After the Mail’s over the top piece about the UN special rapporteur, a more measured response in today’s Guardian.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/13/grant-shapps-un-bedroom-tax-outrage
We can’t have a Brazilian woman telling us how to run the country. Dave’s got an Australian bloke to do that….
Oh how I wish we had a ‘like’ button!
A like button! I had no idea what that was until one of my colleagues told me it was a thingy that Mytwitterspacefacebook users use
Chortle! Actually, I feel very smug for knowing what a ‘like’ button is being as I am not of the facebook/twitter fraternity (and, indeed, am possibly the only person still in existence who doesn’t own a mobile phone).
Wot! No mobile phone. Now, I’m not down with the kids but you’re an absolute luddite.
I know. It’s a result that I can work an alarm clock. I should easily attract 15 points on the WCA learning tasks descriptor.
However, going back to topic, the Guardian article was spot on. I particularly liked the expression ‘pugilistic media posturing’. I must remember that.