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So-called austerity has done huge damage to our country. Hammond must call a halt – and reverse the cuts that are being made
The shadow chancellor says the government's claim to have ended austerity doesn't add up
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THIS Tory government has shown no sign whatsoever of ending austerity in our other crisis-hit public services.
Despite the Prime Minister’s claims, its disastrous austerity agenda continues.
Since 2010, £42 billion of cuts have been made to departments, with £4bn more to come next year.
There have already been £17bn worth of cuts to social security – but now, when austerity is supposedly over, there are £7bn more in the pipeline.
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