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Austerity

The latest news and comment on economic austerity

July 2024

  • Angela Rayner wearing a hard hat and a his-vis jacket

    Angela Rayner unveils sweeping plans to tackle ‘scandal’ of Tory housing legacy

  • William Keegan

    William Keegan's in my view
    A respectful question for Labour: do you have any real change?

    William Keegan
  • Two women in face masks walk past a wall with many hearts drawn on it.

    UK in ‘worse state’ to deal with pandemic than before Covid, say experts

  • Healthcare workers wear PPE during the pandemic

    UK Covid-19 inquiry: report ‘does not go far enough’ say bereaved families – as it happened

  • Verdict due on impact of Brexit and austerity on Covid-19 response

  • We are public sector workers – this is how more cuts would wreck our NHS, courts, councils and universities

    Emma Vincent Miller, Catherine Fletcher, Minesh Parekh, Rachel Clarke and Anonymous
  • Labour can end austerity at a stroke – by taxing the rich and taxing them hard

    George Monbiot
  • ‘Relentless losses’ leave Edinburgh fringe venues fighting to recover from Covid slump

  • The Guardian view on Labour’s devolution plans: beyond ‘levelling up’

  • William Keegan's in my view
    Keir Starmer ruled out rejoining the EU. Now he must think again

    William Keegan
  • I’m hungry, cold and have multiple disabilities. Does Starmer’s promise of real change include me?

    Marie
  • My generation can barely recall the last time Labour was in power. We need to believe things really can get better

    Isabel Brooks
  • Brief letters
    Families in poverty face a real challenge

  • The Guardian view on polling day: a moment to cherish and nurture democracy

  • Austerity was a disastrous political choice that we are still reeling from

June 2024

  • Efe Obada, NFL American football player, on a visit to  Roundwood Youth Centre in Harlesden, north London.

    ‘Youth clubs helped me’: Efe Obada calls for funding for centres for young people

    In London, NFL star recalls how youth programmes were his ‘safe place’ and says children lack ‘fun and support’
  • Samira Shackle

    The prison and court systems are on the verge of collapse. Why aren’t Labour or the Tories talking about it?

    Samira Shackle
    Both parties try to appear tough on crime – but neither have convincing answers to the chaos in British criminal justice, says journalist Samira Shackle
    • Hunger, debt and anguish: all are there at a Midlands baby bank after 14 years of Tory rule

      Frances Ryan
    • The broken years: Tory Britain 2010-24
      How the ‘unforced error’ of austerity wrecked Britain

    • Today in Focus
      The 14 years that broke Britain, part 1 – podcast

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