Austerity Bites: A Journey to the Sharp End of Cuts in the UK

Mary O'Hara

doi:10.46692/9781447315612

This timely book by award-winning journalist Mary O'Hara chronicles the true impact of austerity on people at the sharp end of the cuts, based on her twelve-month journey around the country in 2012 and 2013 and fully updated for the paperback edition.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Austerity: a definition
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Foreword
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Introduction
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one - Money’s too tight to mention: Food poverty: austerity made visible
pp 19-42
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two - The big squeeze: Financial insecurity: austerity and the erosion of household income
pp 43-86
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three - Welcome to ‘Wongaland’: The rise of personal debt: austerity and the predatory lender
pp 87-108
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four - Work maketh the person: The demonisation of the jobless: austerity and the myth of the skiver
pp 109-138
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five - All work and no pay: Work and wages: austerity and the jobs crisis
pp 139-172
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six - Bearing the brunt: The targeting of people with disabilities: austerity at its worst
pp 173-208
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seven - A life lived in fear is a life half lived: Austerity pushes people to the edge
pp 209-242
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Index
pp 309-320
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Austerity: a definition
pp v-viii

Contents
pp ix-ix

Acknowledgements
pp x-xi

Foreword
pp xii-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-18

one - Money’s too tight to mention: Food poverty: austerity made visible
pp 19-42

two - The big squeeze: Financial insecurity: austerity and the erosion of household income
pp 43-86

three - Welcome to ‘Wongaland’: The rise of personal debt: austerity and the predatory lender
pp 87-108

four - Work maketh the person: The demonisation of the jobless: austerity and the myth of the skiver
pp 109-138

five - All work and no pay: Work and wages: austerity and the jobs crisis
pp 139-172

six - Bearing the brunt: The targeting of people with disabilities: austerity at its worst
pp 173-208

seven - A life lived in fear is a life half lived: Austerity pushes people to the edge
pp 209-242

Conclusion
pp 243-258

Notes
pp 259-308

Index
pp 309-320

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