Letter to Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Housing Rapporteur
The information and detail regarding the background to this letter can be found here.
Dear Ms. Rolnik,
United Kingdom: Coalition Government Welfare ‘Reform’This is in response to your request for feedback on the above, with particular regard to the Employment Support Allowance and the Work Capability Assessment as I have direct personal experience of both.
May I first express my gratitude to you for enabling this formal communication. The present inability of the ordinary people of the UK to affect any real understanding within Government concerning the human impact of their present policies is a source of considerable alarm and to finally be invited to share the detail of our experiences is a rare source of hope for me. May I also express my sincere regret at the deeply disrespectful and aggressive behaviour of UK Government representatives towards you personally. I hope you will understand, however, if I…
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