‘Austerity left Britain unprepared for pandemic’
Report reveals that public services capacity was damaged by “steep cuts” to almost every part of the public sector…reports Asian Lite News Years of austerity left the UK hugely unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The Trades Union Congress said funding cuts left health and social care “dangerously understaffed” and reduced its capacity to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Multiple years of pay caps and pay freezes...