UK drops down list of affluent nations after decade of stagnation, NIESR finds

Districts in Birmingham now ranked below poorest areas of France, Slovenia and Malta as institute urges rethink on planned welfare cuts

The Guardian

@ChrisMayLA6 @pedestrians1st
I'm going to challenge this line of thinking.

Millions have been seriously hurt by 14 years of #ToryAusterity (or longer nroliberalism). That may be a source of pain, but IMO it is *not* the cause of the violence.

IMO, the violence is caused by rightwing hatemongering towards immigrants accelerated by years of #Tory normalisation of violence (eg "go home" vans, Royal Navy patrolling the channel, Rwanda policy, etc). Also, a bit of anger over GE loss

#HopeNotHate

@bullivant
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Yes, same with the warped priorities, keep kids in private school - the classic ambition of the wealthy.

What doc faced with years of #ToryAusterity chooses private education over #NHS funding?

In a mature, thoughtful and dispassionate reflection on his own life in politics, Kinnock comments on the career of Corbyn. In a few words, he explains why Corbyn was unsuitable to lead either the Labour Party or the country while implicitly demonstrating what a great minister and future leader Angela Raynor will make.

#GeneralElectionUK #generalelection2024 #angelaraynor #JeremyCorbyn #NeilKinnock #voteLabour #labourparty #Labour #ToryLies #ToryAusterity

https://youtu.be/C0wOgHmILEM?si=nujtwEzVmEqfrtn6

Neil Kinnock: The Prime Minister Labour never had | The News Agents

YouTube

According to a Tory minister on #LBC just now, the level of spending cuts that the Tories/Treasury have priced in as a result of the last budget amount to approximately 75% of those under Cameron/Osborne. Some departments are ring fenced, but basically that means massive cuts to public services and support for the most vulnerable.

Starmer and Reeves have said that they aren't going to raise taxes, but they've also said that there won't be a return to Tory austerity. So that means they're either lying (possible), mathematically illiterate (equally possible), or are going to borrow a shed load (also possible) just like the pork markets woman.

#UKPolitics #UKPol #GeneralElection2024 #ToryAusterity

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Blame Tory austerity for the state of local councils

Letters: Readers respond to an article by John Harris about council bankruptcies and the decimation of local services

The Guardian

RT by @catherinemep: More than 800,000 patients admitted to hospital with malnutrition & nutritional deficiencies 2023, 3 x increase on 10 years ago, according to #NHS. Dr's said trend mirrored clinical experiences, with number of patients health problems rooted in #poverty. #ToryAusterity.

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โ€œI wonder if it's like this for mountain climbers, he thought. You climb bigger and bigger mountains and you know that one day one of them is going to be just that bit too steep. But you go on doing it, because itโ€™s so-o good when you breathe the air up there. And you know you'll die falling.โ€
Terry Pratchett; Going Postal
#DiscWorld #UKThreatOfRecession #ToryAusterity #ToriesFailingTheUK #ToryHouseOfCards #ToriesAddictedToPower #ToriesFallingIn2024
A study by the Centre for Social Justice has found the most disadvantaged in Britain are no better off than 15 years ago and that lockdowns had a 'catastrophic effect' on the nations social fabric. #ToryAusterity
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-could-slip-back-into-a-victorian-age-gap-between-rich-and-poor-new-report-says-13027063
UK could slip back into 'Victorian age' gap between rich and poor, new report says

Sky