Charities, social enterprises and private firms have all played a part as hardship grows – but only governments can make the change needed to prevent disaster
As forecasts go, it’s acutely grim: over the next five years, British families face a worse squeeze on their living standards than after the global financial crash.
Prime minister Theresa May talks of the “just about managing” families but a more apt term would be the “already struggling”. As Brexit slows the economy and further social security cuts bite, it will be the people already on the edge – battling low wages, slashed benefits, or ill health – who will be hit again.
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