OpinionWelcome to the doom loop of Tory Britain: an austerity that kills, a democracy routed
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Chakrabortty: Austerity Deepens Britain’s Democratic CrisisThe Guardian columnist criticizes planned cuts of at least £30bn that Jeremy Hunt was due to present to the Commons in just over a week.
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- Chakrabortty says Jeremy Hunt now shapes the government’s course, although only 18 MPs backed him in the leadership contest, where he finished last among eight candidates.
- Hunt was due to return to the Commons just over a week later with planned spending cuts of at least £30bn intended to restore investors’ confidence.
- Chakrabortty argues that George Osborne’s extensive cuts damaged public services and intensified frustrations that voters frequently cited as reasons for Brexit.
- He points to surveys suggesting that 54% of the four million households receiving universal credit went without food in the previous month, while sick people in Wales may wait nearly two days in ambulances and about 100,000 households each month face mortgage-related financial trouble.
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