Austerity News

See who’s saying what on Austerity and how different sections of the Press approach the same story.

The North is ‘bearing the brunt’ of Universal Credit says Labour

Spending cuts breach UK’s human rights obligations, says report

Most marginalised ‘hardest hit’ by government policies, report suggests

Mums take Universal Credit to court over payments flaw that’s pushed them to foodbanks

Women take government to court over universal credit

Universal credit: Single mothers take government to court over controversial welfare reform

Mirror joins People’s Assembly Against Austerity to expose Tory claim ‘austerity has ended’

Food bank use to soar to record levels over Christmas as UK families struggle to pay basic living costs

Universal Credit crisis sees food banks preparing to dish out 1.5 million meals in busiest Christmas ever

Busiest Christmas ever for foodbanks as Universal Credit roll-out comes to an end

Courts see more child neglect

More than 100,000 children in UK at risk of Christmas hardship

Life in austerity-hit Eastbourne as MP Amber Rudd dismisses UN report on poverty

Scared residents hire private bobbies to walk them home

The invisible blue line: Chilling investigation in Hartlepool (where just TEN police are on duty at any one time) reveals marauding criminals, vigilante justice and Wild West chaos that could be coming to YOUR town

On patrol with the Hartlepool residents looking after their own streets ‘because the police have given up’

Benefit cuts are behind robbery rise, police reveal

Poorest dying nearly 10 years younger than rich in ‘deeply worrying’ trend, study shows

Life expectancy falling for women in poorest areas of England

Life expectancy among women has stalled due to a ‘rise in obesity, physical inactivity and diabetes’ not austerity, report finds

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