Is the Government breaking human rights laws on child hunger?

Human Rights Watch report says Tory welfare cuts caused ‘hunger crisis’

Wandsworth food bank
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A leading human rights group has accused the British government of breaching its international duty by pursuing “cruel and harmful policies” which have worsened the lives of the country’s poorest children.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) examined family poverty in Oxford, Hull, and Cambridgeshire, and concluded that tens of thousands of families do not have enough to eat.

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