Article 263T0 UK's austerity welfare spending is closer to poorest nations of EU

UK's austerity welfare spending is closer to poorest nations of EU

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Phillip Inman Economics correspondent
from Economics | The Guardian on (#263T0)

Britain was only rich EU country to cut welfare as a proportion of GDP over four years - but it does spend more on subsidising housing, says Eurostat

Britain's version of austerity is more aligned to the poorest nations of the European Union, according to figures from Brussels which reveal the UK was the only rich EU country to cut welfare spending as a proportion of GDP between 2011 and 2014.

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