Austerity Britain has translated into worse lives for many people: tougher working conditions, minimal statutory services and a retraction of the local state at a time when people need it.
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There is a long history of the UK government failing to adequately provide for Gypsy and Traveller communities’ needs.
English councils have neither the ongoing funding or the staffing needed to effectively deliver on the government’s economic development promises.
The number of people sleeping rough in rural areas has increased by 24% in the last year.
The government’s latest funding package isn’t enough to solve this structural problem.
More than a decade of austerity in English local government has squeezed councils to their utter financial limits.
When directly elected mayors doggedly advocate for their city-region, they can make things happen, regardless of budgetary and devolution constraints.
The UK needs to fix its recycling system for a more sustainable future.
If some progress was made in the early 2000s, austerity measures from 2010 saw the push for equality, diversity or inclusion die down.
State-funded schools are not allowed to be operated as profit-making entities. So why are children in care being accommodated by for-profit companies?
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