UN envoy says austerity has inflicted misery on UK citizens 

Last week comments from Sir Philip Alston UN Envoy on Poverty about inequality in the UK were widely reported. The Guardian summarised the main points

But what are the facts?

• Read the actual press release from United Nations Office for Human Rights
• Office for National Statistics reports on families below average income.
• General information on personal income, debt and household finances. 
• Information and data on fuel poverty in the UK
• In a blog posting. Dr Koldo Casla Just Fair comments on whether inequality is rising or falling.
• Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2018– IFS report. This considers in work poverty, pensioner incomes examining changes in the last few years.
• Child Poverty Action Group has facts on recent changes in child poverty in the UK. It also has information on the negative impact of universal credit
• Shelter has information on homelessness and access to housing
• Trussell Trust has information on Food bank usage