UN poverty expert to visit Spain on fact-finding mission
(The Guardian World News)

Philip Alston´s 12-day tour will look at issues such as housing, education and healthcareThe UN´s extreme poverty expert is embarking on a 12-day visit to Spain to see what the government of Europe´s fifth largest economy is doing to address inequality, unemployment and social exclusion.Philip Alston, the special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, will begin his fact-finding mission in Madrid on Monday before travelling to Galicia, the Basque country, Extremadura, Andalucía and Catalonia. Continue reading...