The government has launched an extraordinary attack on the United Nations for sending an inspector - branded a 'loopy Brazilian leftie - to Britain to criticise flagship welfare reforms. Tory party chairman Grant Shapps has called on UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon to launch a full investigation into why an official was allowed to issue an ‘outrageous’ report calling for the so-called ‘bedroom tax’ to be abolished. Conservatives reacted with fury to the interference of a supposedly independent observer from an international agency more closely associated with providing assistance to war zones, famines and natural disasters. Mr Shapps told MailOnline the government had no idea why Raquel Rolnik had come to the UK to ‘make a political point’ at a time when ‘there are 50million people living in shanty towns’.
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Raquel Rolnik was sent to assess impact of changes to housing benefit
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She said that so-called 'Bedroom Tax' is a breach of human rights
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Furious Tory party chairman Grant Shapps slams 'outrageous' attack
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged to launch an urgent inquiry
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