Worried about Tory austerity? Here are seven ways to take action | Cait Crosse

The prospect of five more years of cuts is daunting, but from joining a protest to being kind, there are many grassroots ways to reduce its impact

As the Conservatives were sworn into government this week, it was hard not to feel daunted by five more years of cuts to public services, further privatisation of the NHS and the demonising of the poorest in our society. For all of us who live and work at the sharp end of cuts - minimum-wage employees surviving on diminishing benefits, disabled people, tenants facing eviction, NHS employees - the destructive impact of austerity is clear.

At UK Uncut, we've been taking action for the past five years to highlight the fact that austerity damages society. It is a smokescreen for the ideologically driven destruction of the welfare state and all the evidence shows that it's bad for economic growth, too. And yet, somehow, we've failed to convince the rest of the English electorate to vote against the Tories' economic plan. We must face up to this failure, and reflect on where we've gone wrong.

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