In Liverpool, 20 Tory cuts have brought a city and its people to breaking point | Frances Ryan
by Frances Ryan from on (#2GSAE)
Adding up the impact of slashed benefits and a 58% reduction in central funding, the council says it's England's poorest wards that are being hit again and again
In Liverpool, austerity is visible: boarded-up libraries, closed-down day centres and shut nurseries. But, as in countless cities and towns across the UK, the bleakest of its marks are hidden behind closed doors: the young mum skipping meals to pay the rent because of the benefit cap, or the cancer patient kept awake by fear he'll be found "fit for work".
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