Austerity News

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

Brexit boost could shrink to zero, says Institute for Fiscal Studies in The Times – Go To Article

Taxes will have to rise to ‘highest level since the end of WW2’ to meet pledge to end austerity in The Telegraph – Go to Article

Universal Credit’s cruel hit to the young exposed as 70% of people sanctioned are under 30 in the Daily Mirror – Go To Article

Universal Credit “not fit for purpose” and causing misery for millions, declares Nicola Sturgeon in the Daily Mirror – Go to Article

Boris Johnson signs up to give after-dinner speeches for £30,000 a time as he raises funds for his divorce in the Daily Mail – Go To Article

Boris Johnson to ‘charge £30,000’ for after-dinner speeches just a month after announcing divorce in the Daily Mirror – Go To Article

Esther McVey’s bid to silence benefits critics condemned in The Times – Go To Article

More than a million UK residents live in ‘food deserts’, says study in The Guardian – Go to Article

High street suffers its worst year for sales on record, says report in the Daily Mirror – Go To Article

High street struggles at its lowest point in years amid Brexit uncertainty, BDO finds in The Times – Go To Article

Fashion chain Coast collapses into administration with 300 jobs at risk in another blow for the High Street as WH Smith closes six stores in the Daily Mail – Go To Article

Coast fashion chain closes high street stores in The Guardian – Go To Article

Patisserie Valerie to go under without cash boost in The Times – Go To Article

Patisserie Valerie to close down without ‘immediate injection of capital’ in The Guardian – Go To Article

WH Smith to close six stores and 24 Cardmarket outlets in The Guardian – Go To Article

Jeremy Corbyn: claim austerity is over is ‘big Conservative con’ in The Guardian – Go To Article

Universal credit chiefs ‘buried’ warning over benefit sanctions in The Times – Go To Article

No evidence that benefit sanctions work, finds secret DWP report in The Independent – Go To Article

John Major warns Universal Credit could trigger riots in Poll Tax-style ‘danger’ in the Daily Mirror – Go To Article

Policing at ‘tipping point’ over budget cuts, warns police chief in The Guardian – Go To Article

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