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Sustainable Development Goals in the UK: Not as rosy as the Government wants you to believe

The UK government is due to report to the UN on progress on addressing UK poverty, hunger, inequality. human rights and climate change. But it looks like they’re in denial.

By Koldo Casla and Imogen Richmond-Bishop
Sustainable Development Goals in the UK: Not as rosy as the Government wants you to believe
Goods at a food bank, UK 2018 | Andy Buchanan/PA Images
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In 2015, all 193 United Nations (UN) member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address the global challenges of our time, including human rights, inequality, poverty and climate change.

All countries, rich and poor, are expected to meet the SDGs. This July the UK Government is voluntarily reporting at the UN in New York on its progress on the implementation of the Goals. Whilst we have yet to see the final report, the Government has made public the preparatory Emerging Findings.

And not all that glitters is gold.

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