Austerity Bites: A Journey to the Sharp End of Cuts in the UK

by Mary O'Hara

Book Overview

Voted one of the Guardian best books of 2014 by Owen Jones. After coming to power in May 2010, the Coalition government in the United Kingdom embarked on a drastic programme of cuts to public spending and introduced a raft of austerity measures that had profoundly damaging effects on much of the population. This bestselling book by award-winning journalist Mary O'Hara chronicles the true impact of austerity on people at the sharp end, based on her...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144731560X
• ISBN13: 9781447315605
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"