Now it’s official: the less you have, the more austerity will take from you | Frances Ryan

The government's own figures have proved what has been obvious since 2010: minorities, women and disabled people are the ones being hit the hardest

If the point of government is to make the already disadvantaged worse off, then the Conservatives have used the last seven years in power exceptionally well. Today the Equality and Human Rights Commission released a major report calculating the impact austerity is having on Britain - painstakingly calculating the impact that changes to all tax, social security and public spending since 2010 will have on each of us by 2022.

Black households (as the report puts it) will lose 5% of income - more than double the loss for white households

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