New analysis of today’s Spring 2023 budget shows a further £21.6bn (2022/​23 prices) in unannounced cuts to public services by 2027/​28

[The researchers] also estimated the hit to local economies as a result of below- inflation pay settlements for public sector workers across the country. The research showed the implied offer of 8.7% on average for public sector workers over two years between 2022 and 2024 amounts to a real- terms pay cut of 8%

Austerity led to twice as many excess UK deaths as previously thought

Cuts to public services and living standards across Britain from 2010 contributed to 335,000 excess deaths – twice as many as previously thought, according to new research. These austerity measures were introduced by the coalition government elected into office that year, partly in response to the banking crash of 2008.

Ann Widdecombe: don’t have cheese sandwiches if you can’t afford them

The former Brexit party MEP said there was no “given right” for low food prices, despite being told families “cannot afford to feed their children” and were having to make huge sacrifices as the cost of living crisis deepens.

Austerity is pushing thousands of families to the brink in Stoke-on-Trent

Lead researcher Professor David Etherington, Staffordshire University, said: “We are heading towards a humanitarian crisis. The cost-of-living for many people in Stoke-on-Trent was already high before 2022, due to poorly paid work and cuts to the welfare state, meaning many people struggled to meet their basic needs and pay their bills. What we are seeing is more people falling deeper into debt.”

I could continue that almost endlessly given the research on austerity in the UK, but I guess you got point.