Austerity News

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

Freezing cold classrooms and black students being told to ‘buy new skin’: The troubling truth of life in Britain’s schools

Force cuts push police ‘to the edge’

Public confidence in the police ‘severely dented’ following years of Tory cuts

Public confidence in police damaged by cuts, report warns

Police at risk of losing public trust, warns policing minister

Food bank use soars 13% in a year as universal credit drives new referrals, charity warns

Food bank use soars 13% – and Universal Credit is being blamed

Sanctions on benefits are cruel, say MPs

Rise in women’s state pension age prompts poverty concerns

Pensions minister Guy Opperman ‘won’t talk about rising pension age’ that could hit 3.9million women

UN rapporteur starts UK tour to examine impact of austerity

Theresa May’s flagship policy to solve housing crisis will deliver no new homes in half of England

Union chiefs slam Theresa May for ‘conning’ low-paid workers with boost to living wage

‘Real living wage’ rates go up but 20% of jobs still fail to meet threshold

Outlook is worst since the crash, say bosses

Tech tax a ‘gesture’ the giants will avoid

Why Budget boost won’t help hundreds of thousands of people on Universal Credit

More than TWO HUNDRED of Britain’s shopping centres are in danger of falling into administration as High Street crisis spreads

‘Desperate crisis’ as addiction services reach fewer people

Record number of people sleeping rough in London

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