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Life expectancy is also falling in the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/07/life-expectancy-slumps-by-five-months https://www.theguardian.com/soc
by EasyTiger_ 7y ago
Life expectancy is also falling in the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/07/life-expectancy-slumps-by-five-months https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/07/life-expecta...
- Sharlin 7y agoPerhaps not entirely coincidentally, the UK has also seen an intentional and systematic erosion of the basic institutions of a welfare state by the neoliberal bloc, including the Blair "labor in name only" governments.
- sdwa 7y agoBlair massively expanded the welfare state by any measure. The Tories wouldn't have had anything to cut from 2010 onwards if that wasn't the case.