IN HIS recent report on UK poverty, UN special rapporteur Philip Alston blasted the programme of welfare reforms the Government has put in place since 2010, with the roll out of Universal Credit in particular seen to be causing, rather than alleviating, hardship and suffering. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/17244147.saturday-interview-hey-girls-the-firm-on-a-mission-to-end-period-poverty/