January 2014
European Social Charter
European Committee of Social Rights
Conclusions XX
-2 (2013)
(GREAT BRITAIN)
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17. Article 12 .Right to social security
Paragraph 1 Existence of a social security system ……………….
19. Conclusion
The Committee concludes that the situation in United Kingdom is not in conformity with Article12§1 of the Charter on the ground that:
the minimum levels of short-term and long-term incapacity benefit is manifestly inadequate;
the minimum level of state pension is manifestly inadequate;
the minimum level of job seeker’s allowance is manifestly inadequate
read the entire report from the European Commission of Social Rights here: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/conclusions/State/UKXX2_en.pdf
January 30, 2014 at 12:08 pm |
I dont know who posted this but no they where not held good and rightly so