🗞️ Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026? Food insecurity, child poverty and inequality are not inevitable. They are failures to protect the right to food, housing and an adequate standard of living. Rights must shape policy

Young people’s participation in education and work is a rights issue. Our submission to the UK Gov calls for a rights-based approach that tackles barriers like education costs, insecure work and inequality. When rights lead, outcomes improve. ✊📚 justfair.org.uk/wp-c...

📫 In our newsletter this week: 📚 What you said about us in our recent survey 🌊 Our letter to the Home Secretary about migrant rights 💷 Donate to support our fight for rights Make sure you sign up here so you don’t miss next month justfair.org.uk/sign-up-for-...

💬 A huge thank you to everyone who took part in our recent survey You described Just Fair as “small but mighty”, “punching well above its size”, and the “go-to partner on economic, social and cultural rights”.

Reform UK has announced plans to repeal the Equality Act. The Equality Act protects people from discrimination at work, in housing, education and public services. Repealing it would strip away vital rights protections. Equality isn’t optional. It’s fundamental www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

🗣️ We’re excited to have Helen Flynn joining expert speakers from NGOs, councils, and think tanks at Public Law Project’s upcoming training. We will be discussing how to influence policy design to make it fairer. Join Wed 25 March from 2-3:30pm via Zoom. Register now:

🧠 The right to the highest attainable standard of mental health applies to everyone. Platfform’s latest report highlights how a personality disorder diagnosis can limit people’s access to care, undermine their human rights, and lead to restrictive and harmful practices.

✉️ Last week, we wrote to the Home Secretary to strongly oppose the UK Gov's earned settlement proposals and express concerns that they risk causing harm, undermining the rule of law, and raise serious questions about compliance with international rights obligations. justfair.org.uk/moving-the-g...

Young people’s participation in education and work is a rights issue. Our submission calls for a rights-based approach that tackles barriers like education costs, insecure work and inequality. When rights lead, outcomes improve. ✊📚 justfair.org.uk/wp-c...

🍽️ Food insecurity is a human rights issue. The Right to Food Commission is calling for evidence to help build a stronger case for action. Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work. www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...

❄️ This winter, help us protect the right to thrive. Inequality and persistent poverty mean thousands are denied warm homes and nourishing food. These are human rights issues. Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish. cafdonate.cafonline....

📬 Everyday rights—like housing, health, education, and social security—are fundamental human rights. If you care about dignity, justice, and equality, sign up to our newsletter and stay informed on how to protect these rights for all.

Stark and unacceptable. The right to housing is a human right, yet women are bearing the brunt of the rental crisis. This is not inevitable. It reflects policy choices about housing supply, social security and tenant protections. Different choices can protect rights and prevent homelessness.

🛏️ Housing people seeking asylum in military barracks isn’t a solution, it’s a repeat of a failed policy. Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health. Rights-respecting solutions exist; ministers should choose them.

One year ago, we were in Geneva for the UN review of the UK’s record on economic, social and cultural rights. It was a key moment to bring evidence from communities across the UK directly to the international stage. 🧵

📫 We have written to the Home Secretary to strongly oppose the UK Gov's earned settlement proposals and express concerns that they risk causing harm, undermining the rule of law, and raise serious questions about compliance with international rights obligations. justfair.org.uk/moving-the-g...

🌱 The UK ESCR Network keeps growing—over 200 members and counting! If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:

🏠 Andy Burnham says clearly and powerfully: housing should be a human right, enshrined in UK law. When politicians talk about homes in terms of rights, not just markets, it shifts the conversation. This is what a rights based approach to housing sounds like.

Young people’s participation in education and work is a rights issue. Our submission to the UK Gov calls for a rights-based approach that tackles barriers like education costs, insecure work and inequality. When rights lead, outcomes improve. ✊📚 justfair.org.uk/wp-c...

❄️ This winter, help us protect the right to thrive. Inequality and persistent poverty mean thousands are denied warm homes and nourishing food. These are human rights issues. Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish. cafdonate.cafonline....

🗣️ We’re excited to have Helen Flynn joining expert speakers from NGOs, councils, and think tanks at Public Law Project’s upcoming training on how to influence policy design to make it fairer and create meaningful impact. Wed 25 March 2-3:30pm via Zoom. Register now:

Today we were at the @resolutionfoundation.org’s Unsung Britain conference, highlighting life for the poorer half of the UK. Low incomes, insecure housing and poor health are not inevitable. ✊ Economic, social and cultural rights set the standards people should be able to rely on when systems fail.

Sign up for this upcoming discussion with two members of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Joo-Young Lee & Julieta Rossi) on the role of UN Treaty Bodies in norm setting and country monitoring. 🗓️ 12 March ⏰ 13:00 - 14:30 Register now

🧒 We supported Amendment 221 to the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill, which would have made Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs) a legal requirement. Nearly 160 orgs + the Children’s Commissioner backed it. Peers made a strong case in the Lords. 🧵

🏥 The Care Quality Commission's new report shows children’s right to health is far from realised: longer waits, restrictive interventions rising, and children still placed on adult wards. We need to strengthen these services and recognise the right to health in law. www.cqc.org.uk/publications...

❄️ This winter, help us protect the right to thrive. Inequality and persistent poverty mean thousands are denied warm homes and nourishing food. These are human rights issues. Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish. cafdonate.cafonline....

📬 Everyday rights—like housing, health, education, and social security—are fundamental human rights. If you care about dignity, justice, and equality, sign up to our newsletter and stay informed on how to protect these rights for all.

🧭 We’re glad to have joined the Together Alliance. At a time when division and scapegoating are being used to distract from broken systems, the Together Alliance brings people together to challenge far-right narratives and build a fairer, more inclusive society.

🍽️ Food insecurity is a human rights issue. The Right to Food Commission is calling for evidence to help build a stronger case for action. Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work. www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...

Looking forward to this important discussion with members of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on how Treaty Bodies shape standards and monitor countries. Vital for anyone working on ESCR, accountability and the UK review. 12 March | Hybrid 👇

🛏️ Housing people seeking asylum in military barracks isn’t a solution, it’s a repeat of a failed policy. Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health. Rights-respecting solutions exist; ministers should choose them.

🌱 The UK ESCR Network keeps growing—over 200 members and counting! If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:

🤝 We were really pleased to attend Scotland’s Annual Human Rights Conference 2026 in Glasgow yesterday. Powerful discussions on turning rights into action and strengthening collective voices across the UK. Spaces like this matter for building a fairer, rights-based future.

❄️ This winter, help us protect the right to thrive. Inequality and persistent poverty mean thousands are denied warm homes and nourishing food. These are human rights issues. Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish. cafdonate.cafonline....

🤝 Human rights start with participation. People have the right to shape the decisions that affect their lives, not just live with the consequences. That’s why our Lived Experience Advisory Group is so important to us. Read more about it here 👇

Young people’s participation in education and work is a rights issue. Our submission calls for a rights-based approach that tackles barriers like education costs, insecure work and inequality. When rights lead, outcomes improve. ✊📚 justfair.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Today the Bill to end the two-child limit starts to make its way through Parliament. The policy is responsible for driving child poverty to its current record high. Poverty has a devastating impact on young lives. We’ve joined 65 other orgs in asking all MPs to support this Bill.

Today the Bill to end the two-child limit starts to make its way through Parliament. The policy is responsible for driving child poverty to its current record high. Poverty has a devastating impact on young lives. We’ve joined 65 other orgs in asking all MPs to support this Bill.

🏚️ Temporary accommodation undermines every child’s rights. For neurodivergent children, the impact can be especially severe. Constant disruption, noise, overcrowding and lack of safe, quiet space can affect the right to health and education.

🧺 Poverty in the UK isn’t just widespread, it’s getting deeper. 6.8 million people can’t afford basics like food and heating. That’s a breach of the right to an adequate standard of living.

🌍 Air pollution is a human rights issue, affecting health, equality & dignity. Watch back the video from our partners at Environmental Rights Centre Scotland for a lunchtime 101 on air pollution and rights, exploring impacts, responsibilities and routes to accountability. www.ercs.scot/news/l...

🛏️ Housing people seeking asylum in military barracks isn’t a solution, it’s a repeat of a failed policy. Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health. Rights-respecting solutions exist; ministers should choose them.

❄️ This winter, help us protect the right to thrive. Inequality and persistent poverty mean thousands are denied warm homes and nourishing food. These are human rights issues. Your donation helps us fight for the foundations everyone needs to flourish. cafdonate.cafonline....

📬 Everyday rights—like housing, health, education, and social security—are fundamental human rights. If you care about dignity, justice, and equality, sign up to our newsletter and stay informed on how to protect these rights for all.

🌱 The UK ESCR Network keeps growing—over 200 members and counting! If you care about human rights, fairness, and tackling inequality, we’d love to have you on board. Whether you're an organisation or individual, join the movement:

🧭 We’re glad to share that we have just joined the Together Alliance. At a time when division and scapegoating are being used to distract from broken systems, this alliance brings people together to challenge far-right narratives and build a fairer, more inclusive society.

🍽️ Food insecurity is a human rights issue. The Right to Food Commission is calling for evidence to help build a stronger case for action. Lived experience, frontline insight and expertise are vital to shaping solutions that work. www.ianbyrne.org/rtf...

🗞️ Child poverty is back in the headlines. Our new piece argues that tackling it for good and making sure progress is not undone by a future government means more than just policy fixes, it requires a rights-based framework that can’t be rolled back.

🛏️ Housing people seeking asylum in military barracks isn’t a solution, it’s a repeat of a failed policy. Our new piece with @hrw.org lays out why this new plan undermines the rights to housing & health. Rights-respecting solutions exist; ministers should choose them.

🎒 The UK Government is not supportive of a new proposed UN treaty that would support pre-primary education for kids globally. The UK needs to change its position and support these fundamental rights for all kids.