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Poverty in Britain: a social calamity
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:23:32
Publish Date: 2018-11-18 21:00:17
Description: As part of his field work for a damning report into poverty in the UK, Philip Alston, the UN rapporteur, visited Newcastle where he found people struggling to negotiate the benefits system and going hungry. He called it a ‘social calamity and an economic disaster’. Plus: John Kerry on how Donald Trump has undermined global institutions. To support The Guardian’s independent journalism, visit gu.com/todayinfocus/support
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