Cast your mind back to 2010… And a new government… cutting public services and benefits: heralding an age of austerity. New research suggests people lost their lives as a direct result.
Demands are being made that the UK Government increases benefits at the same rate as inflation to prevent more deaths, as well as further pressure on already stretched health services.
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