Recession hurts, Austerity kills. Interesting piece.

[Dawndonna]

Guardian article

[bubblesinthesky]

the link does not work

[Dawndonna]

tries again
Seems to work. Apologies for the first one.

[edam]

He's quite right. The facts are clear - poverty kills. It's unbelievable that in Europe in the 21st century there are people suffering because they can't get the medicine they need. In Greece, ffs, the birthplace of democracy.

[boxershorts]

Clearly extreme poverty will drive some people over the edge; especially if they are struggling before the bedroom tax came along.
The Coalition seem to say little which is of any comfort to the poor.

The benfit interviews are even terryfying some disabled peoplSee BBC1 TV NEWS (last night 16th)

The Coalition will do almost anything to try and win