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Deprived northern regions worst hit by UK austerity, study finds

Liverpool and Barnsley hardest hit by decade of austerity cuts

Britain is worse off for GP cover than Malta, Romania and Estonia with just 76 family doctors per 100,000 people, figures reveal – THREE times fewer than top-ranking Portugal

Starving terminally ill of benefits is unforgivable

Growing demands on children’s social services not understood by Government despite £872 million overspend

Over 23,000 shops and 175,000 high street jobs predicted to go in 2019

More than 175,000 retail jobs will be cut this year, with 23,395 shops due to shut

Tory austerity undermined trust in Government says damning leaked official study

NHS not sustainable and Theresa May’s £20.5bn funding pledge won’t fix it, NAO warns

Wales has highest incarceration rate in western Europe

Government ‘sneaks out’ £7,000 pension cut for poorest elderly couples ahead of Brexit vote

Tories ‘sneak out’ change that could cost couples £7,000 a year

We’re being evicted after Universal Credit left us £500 a month worse off

Marks & Spencer closes 17 more stores in new blow to high street

Marks & Spencer announces next 17 stores to close down with 1,045 jobs at risk

More than 17,000 sick and disabled people have died while waiting for welfare benefits, figures show

Education spending slashed by £7bn since 2011 with children ‘paying price for austerity’, says Labour

Inside ‘social supermarket’ selling a week’s shopping to desperate Brits for just £3

My walk to work shows me how homelessness is transforming Britain

Malnourished children are taking food from school bins to stifle hunger, headteacher says

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