UK has multiple social rights failings, finds Council of Europe

Report points to breaches over age of criminal responsibility, migrants’ rights and low pay

The UK’s low age of criminal responsibility, minimum pay rates for young teenagers and the failure to outlaw all forms of corporal punishment breach Council of Europe standards for social rights, according to its latest report.

The body’s annual review of each state’s adherence to its social charter found that the UK was out of step with rights in six areas.

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