UK austerity has inflicted 'great misery' on citizens, UN says

Re:UK austerity has inflicted 'great misery' on citizens, UN... by RobertoG on Saturday November 17, 2018 @07:31AM (#18475292)

A recession means that not enough money is spent in the economy.

In that situation, a government should increase the spending, not use the situation as an excuse for cutting the public sector because ideological reasons.

Or do you think that the intention is to restore those services when the economy goes better?

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Re:UK austerity has inflicted 'great misery' on citizens, UN... by DuskStar on Saturday November 17, 2018 @07:52AM (#18475341)

We're ten years from the start of the last recession. Should spending still be high to stimulate the economy, or are they perhaps not in a recession anymore? This isn't a case of a government reducing spending in response to an economic downturn. It's a government INCREASING spending due to that downturn, and then not further increasing it when the economy recovers.

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Re:UK austerity has inflicted 'great misery' on citizens, UN... by DanBC on Saturday November 17, 2018 @11:13AM (#18476054)

The government has not increased spending. The government has decreased spending.

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Re:UK austerity has inflicted 'great misery' on citizens, UN... by DuskStar on Saturday November 17, 2018 @02:24PM (#18476925)

I'm pretty sure the UK increased spending around 2008/2009, though?

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