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Let’s stop kidding ourselves we’re a rich nation and get real… the UK’s gone bust | Will Hutton

Britain depends on the kindness of strangers to get by in the world. It doesn’t have to be like this

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Hasnain says:

This is bleak.

“For those at the bottom of our society, those low incomes translate into quasi-destitution: 2 million people report going without food for at least a day in any month. Malnutrition stalks our children – our five-year-olds are among the shortest in Europe. One in three children live in poverty. It is time to stop talking and thinking of Britain as a rich country. We are poor and living on the edge.”

Posted on 2023-08-14T03:13:06+0000