State VS Market

• Recent Governments have applied neo-liberal economics to policy
• Care in the Community would provide elderly people with care from their own community
• Child Benefits were limited to only the first 2 children
• Austerity measures led to cuts in public services
• Bradshaw says that Austerity measures were the most likely to effect the poorest in society
• Reed says that due to Austerity measures, it will lead to 120K more workless families, 25k more depressed mothers and 40k more overcrowded households