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27 May 2020updated 25 Jul 2021 10:43am

Quietly, austerity has already become the response to coronavirus devastation

Government rhetoric of “whatever it takes” has morphed into “share the burden”.

By Anoosh Chakelian

Doctors and other frontline workers fear it. Top economists warn against it. Boris Johnson vows not to do it.

But austerity as an economic response to the pandemic is already underway. This is despite cuts to everything from green spaces to hospitals to women’s refuges making Britain less resilient in the face of a pandemic.

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