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Screenshot of top of this article Opinion Birmingham's cuts reveal the ugly truth about Britain in 2024: the state is abandoning its people John Harris First it was austerity. Now it's something even worse: the suggestion that people didn't need vital local services to begin with Sun 17 Mar 2024 13.40 GMT & Share 692

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Screenshot of top of this article Opinion Birmingham's cuts reveal the ugly truth about Britain in 2024: the state is abandoning its people John Harris First it was austerity. Now it's something even worse: the suggestion that people didn't need vital local services to begin with Sun 17 Mar 2024 13.40 GMT & Share 692
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Pauline von Hellermann (pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 05:41:45 JST Pauline von Hellermann

#FollowTheMoney 🧵 11/n Another key area money flows away from are local councils and social services and, therefore, the young and, again, community. In Birmingham, whose council declared bankruptcy in 2023, provisions for children will be cut by £52m in 2024-25 and £63m in 2025-26; youth services by £2.3m; and eleven community centres are being sold off. As John Harris says:
The state is abandoning its people
#UKPolitics #Birmingham #Austerity
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/17/birmingham-britain-state-cuts-austerity-local-services

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