Austerity
The latest news and comment on economic austerity
Economics viewpoint
Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young peopleRichard PartingtonAlan Milburn has outlined a generation cut adrift by austerity. We must grasp the nettle and rebuild a preventive state
Ten years after the vote, we have some new slogans for the Brexit bus
When profit is put above the welfare of vulnerable children in care
Austerity to blame for the fall in healthy life expectancy
Letters: Readers respond to the news that people in the UK are spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago
The Guardian view on help to buy: entrenching housing inequalities, rather than helping
Editorial: The Tories’ flagship scheme has aided higher earners most. The latest analysis of its flaws should lead to a rethink
Systemic failures that left Southport children at risk
First Edition newsletter
Tuesday briefing: What needs to be done to tackle child poverty in the UKMore than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says
We need a national plan to tackle the health inequity that is killing people
The decline in healthy life expectancy in Britain should shock us all
Out of the red, but at what cost? Birmingham council asset sales have left city reeling, say residents
As council declares it’s ‘no longer bankrupt’, people say closure of services have added to social isolation and crime
The Guardian view on deepening poverty in the UK: a catastrophic Tory legacy has cut millions adrift
Today in Focus
Can a youth club revival help the ‘anxious generation’? – podcast
Guardian charity appeal 2025
The Guardian view on hope: with your help, charities can help to repair the social fabricEffective challenge to the alarming rise of far-right, anti-migrant politics starts with the grassroots
Brief letters
Burning questions on scented candlesBrief letters: Hosting advice | George Osborne’s expertise | Stolen museum artefacts | Stages of ageing | US travel or letter published?
Museum of Austerity review – a devastating reckoning with Britain’s decade of neglect
The Guardian view on England’s social housing system: failing the very people it was built for
Austerity is in the air again – from ‘overdiagnosis’ to the benefits bill. Here is what’s at stake
Zoe Williams
‘I think the city is falling apart’: Leicester braces for a make-or-break budget
Release errors show the sorry state that prisons are in
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