The Bank of England has been doing its own evaluation of the impact of austerity and the results reveal that the worst effects are falling on the poorest, children and the sick or disabled. Nick Bailey examines the findings.
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Breadline Britain - the rise of mass poverty by Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack, published by Oneworld, is out now. Based on the PSE research, it asks why, when national income has doubled, has poverty doubled. What went wrong?
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