Professor Philip Alston has been on a visit to the UK. It’s not been for pleasure but for work as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.  He has toured all parts of the UK: Scotland, Wales Northern Ireland and England and spoken to politicians and those directly affected by the UK Government’s austerity policies. He was shocked at what he found and his report clearly communicates this.
https://theorkneynews.scot/2018/11/17/poverty-is-a-political-choicethe-alston-united-nations-report-on-poverty-in-the-uk/