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Green spaces can help to address loneliness. But they are highly vulnerable to austerity.
The scene of the crime.
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Serious violence is rising, and there’s little more that police can do to stop it. Of course, the real culprits are cutbacks to the nation’s social protection systems.
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This shift in focus on social care funding could inject some honesty into the system.
Party conference season proved the perfect opportunity to make a big promise.
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Stick with her until after Brexit and she’ll end all your problems – so Theresa May says.
The 2008 financial meltdown caused millions of Americans to lose their homes, and the austerity measures that followed only widened income inequality and helped fuel the rise of right-wing populism.
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Right-wing populists have exploited key weaknesses in liberal democratic society that were exacerbated by the failure of political leaders to respond effectively to the 2008 financial crisis.
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Poorer families don’t have the resources to achieve the same as better off families – yet they’re being blamed for their situation.
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A national investment bank will bring much needed investment and create new technology, infrastructure and services that will lead to a fairer and greener economy.
Breaking free.
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The UK economy is built on debt and too many households are drowning in it.
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Austerity policies cut Britain’s brief recovery from the financial short and brought recession, stagnation and growing poverty.
Transport in the palm of your hand.
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The UK pioneered smart cards such as Oyster. But now, experimentation is being stifled as cash-strapped councils struggle to deliver basic services.
Tally ho!
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The idea that welfare cuts galvanised Vote Leave risks identifying the wrong culprit.
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‘Hothouse Earth’ is not a sure thing – yet. Here’s what you can do about it.
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Increasing numbers of parents are being accused of child abuse.
Young people know what’s good for them.
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The move may be welcomed by politicians and youth workers, but by focusing on future outcomes, Labour’s plans repeat a well-worn pattern.
Should I stay or should I go?
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The Conservative party is so divided over Brexit that it may never recover. How ironic that it was the policies of the Cameron government that brought it about.
Protesters have set up road blocks to disrupt traffic and commerce along key streets in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.
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After weeks of protest in Haiti, sparked by a sudden rise in fuel prices, at least seven are dead and the prime minister is out. Foreign creditors pushed for the price hike as an austerity measure.
A sad fate for England’s bus service.
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An expert crunches the numbers to reveal just how bleak Britain’s bus crisis has become.
Britain’s first social supermarket: Community Shop in Goldthorpe, Yorkshire.
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Social supermarkets help those struggling from food poverty – but they mask our broken food system.
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The UK media failed to challenge the government narrative of austerity despite its failure to revive the economy.
Tony Blair visiting a children’s centre in Southampton in 2003.
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Sure Start centres are shutting or becoming ‘hubs’, but will they still provide the services which local families value and need?