Shapps Requests Investigation into UN Housing Expert’s Actions

The Conservative chair has requested an investigation into the actions of the UN special rapporteur for housing Raquel Rolnik today in a letter to Ban Ki-Moon. The letter said Mr Shapps believes she has been influenced by ‘political bias’ and it also suggested that the UN should ‘withdraw her claims pending a full investigation’. However, bizarrely the letter also says that the UK legal system has ruled that abolishing the bedroom tax is legal: ‘The United Kingdom’s legal system has already ruled that the abolition of the Spare Room Subsidy is lawful’. Mr Shapps wrote that the UN has directly contradicted the decision of the UK courts. Read the full letter on the Scribd website.