Register of Racism and Resistance (RRR)

France’s Digital Inquisition – Lighthouse Reports
4 December 23
An investigation by Lighthouse and Le Monde reveals that France’s social security agency, CNAF, has for more than a decade and without public consultation been using a secret algorithm to flag people on welfare suspected of benefit fraud, which both directly and indirectly discriminates against groups protected under anti-discrimination laws.
Source: Lighthouse Reports
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: France
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Supreme Court rules wide injunctions have negative impact on ability to pursue nomadic way of life
29 November 23
The Supreme Court rules that wide injunctions have a negative impact on Gypsies and Travellers’ ability to pursue a nomadic way of life and should only be used in exceptional circumstances, and highlights the continuing lack of site provision.
Source: Friends
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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UK spends more financing inequality in favour of rich than rest of Europe, report finds
27 November 23
According to the OECD, the UK spends the most of any European country subsidising the costs of structural inequality.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Grenfell Tower inquiry’s final report on cause of disaster delayed again
25 November 23
The Grenfell Tower inquiry’s final report into the 2017 disaster, in which 72 people died, is delayed again and may not be published till mid-2024, it is revealed.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Ukrainian refugee families in UK four times as likely to end up homeless
21 November 23
The British Red Cross reports that Ukrainian refugee families are four times as likely to experience homelessness this winter as their British counterparts, with 6,220 families expected to have applied for homelessness support by the end of this financial year.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Bedsit Britain: 160,000 people in England crammed into unlicensed housing
19 November 23
Intelligence compiled by local authorities indicates that nearly 160,000 people are living in hidden, overcrowded and sometimes dangerous bedsit accommodation in unlicensed large houses in multiple occupation, with up to ten sharing a bathroom and little fire protection.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Unemployed who ‘refuse to engage’ could lose benefits in Hunt crackdown
16 November 23
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces plans to crack down on benefits claimants who ‘refuse to engage’ with jobcentres or refuse job offers, making current sanctions permanent for those sanctioned for more than six months.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Millions of UK households forced to unplug fridge or freezer amid rising bills
14 November 23
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation cost-of-living crisis tracker finds that two million households have been forced to turn off their fridge or freezer to save money, with four out of five households on universal credit going without food, turning off the heating, and not replacing worn-out clothing.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Thousands of babies and toddlers falling sick from damp homes in Britain, NHS doctor warns
12 November 23
Thousands of babies and toddlers are admitted to hospital in England each year with lung conditions attributable to mould and damp homes, says NHS associate medical director Andy Knox, as the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says the state of Britain’s housing is now ‘a crucial issue for child health’.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy
5 November 23
: Citing research on ‘grossly insufficient’ universal credit payments, the UN’s poverty envoy says that poverty levels in the UK are ‘simply not acceptable’, the welfare system is like a ‘leaking bucket’ and that the government is violating international law.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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‘Disgraceful’: Suella Braverman slammed for claiming being homeless is a ‘lifestyle choice’
4 November 23
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the home secretary announces her intention to ‘crack down’ on homeless people living in tents, pointing the finger at people ‘from abroad’ and calling it a ‘lifestyle choice.’
Source: Left Foot Forward
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Levelling up ‘must be led by England’s left behind neighbourhoods’
25 October 23
The all-party parliamentary group for Left Behind Neighbourhoods reports that ‘levelling up’ needs to be led locally and not follow a national template.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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More than 1 million UK children experienced destitution last year, study finds
24 October 23
: A study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds that over 3.8 million people, including one million children, experienced destitution last year—double the numbers from five years ago. Disabled people, those with chronic ill-health and Black British, Caribbean and African households were disproportionately likely to be destitute.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints
19 October 23
: Since the tragic death of Rochdale infant Awaab Ishak due to damp and mould, it is revealed that complaints to the Housing Ombudsman have skyrocketed, with a 323 per cent increase in the most severe failings where serious maladministration is alleged.
Source: Big Issue
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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England worst place in developed world to find housing, says report
5 October 23
The Home Builders Federation finds that, based on OECD figures, England is now ‘the most difficult place to find a home in the developed world’, with renters paying more than 40 per cent of disposable income on housing.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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