UK Austerity

'We’ve Hit Rock Bottom': Bristol's Last Residential Drug Rehab Centre To Close Its Doors

As Chandos House faces the end, a former resident reflects on how it saved his life.
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Deaths Rise As Two-Thirds Of Local Authorities Cut Spending On Drug And Alcohol Rehab

Austerity Bites: Councils reduce funding for residential treatment by as much as 58%.
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A Real Living Wage Would Boost Local Economies And Reduce The Scourge Of Low Pay

A rise for even a quarter of those paid below the real Living Wage would mean an annual bump of over £1,700 for half a million people
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Austerity Bites: Westminster Is Brexit Blind But Across The Country People Are Struggling With More Tangible Problems

Why HuffPost UK is again focusing on the impacts of austerity
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This Is How Eight Years Of Spending Cuts Have Affected The Welfare State

Austerity Bites: The savings from deep cuts in spending have been blown away by Brexit
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Post-It Notes Reveal Anguish Of Disabled Man Who Killed Himself After £20 Benefit Cut

Austerity Bites: 'I don’t know how anyone could be expected to live on that amount of money.'
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Urgent Appeal For Foodbank Donations Over Summer School Holidays

Spike in demand is 'more grim evidence of how near so many children are to destitution.'
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Tory Austerity And Welfare Cuts Directly Caused Brexit - New Study

Leave vote linked to areas hit hardest by George Osborne's cuts
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The Biggest Rise In Poverty Since 1988 Is Because Of The Tories' Dogmatic Faith In Austerity

Regarding work as the best route out of poverty will no longer have the universal agreement it once did
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Birmingham's Mental Health Services Are Failing Young People

Birmingham is the youngest city in Europe - but as demand for help rises funding is being cut
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