Oliva Maultasch

Austerity Oliva Maultasch

This book is an important reminder of the fact that when government policy impacts the lives of ordinary people, it does so in ways that are specific to particular individuals. This is obvious when you think about it, but is easy to forget in an age of fleeting, superficial news analysis, political soundbites, and social media flashes that burn bright for a few hours or days and then disappear to be replaced by the next shocking revelation.

In this book, the author recounts the lives of five men with learning disabilities living in Cornwall, each of whom he has supported as an advocate. They are widely different personalities from varied family and social backgrounds but united by the fact that they each have a learning disability, or in one case an acquired brain injury.

The swingeing cuts to benefits and allowances that have taken place in the nine years since the government's austerity program began have disproportionately affected the most vulnerable people, who rely on the system to be able to live some sort of meaningful life. Couple these with huge cuts to local authority funding, burgeoning demand for social care support, ... and you have a perfect storm creating deep poverty, isolation, and unhappiness.
And so much more!

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