O'Hara, Mary  (Journalist), <br/><br/>
Austerity bites :  a journey to the sharp end of cuts in the UK / 
Mary O'Hara. 
 - xxv, 264 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Read any newspaper or switch on any news programme and the warning flares are there for everyone to see. The effects of an eduring and steep economic downturn coupled with a stringent programme of government cuts and dramatic changes to welfare entitlements are hitting the poorest harded. Mary O'Hara chronicles the true impact of austerity on people at the sharp end, based on her 'real-time' 12-month journey around the country just as the most radical reforms were being rolled out in 2012 and 2013. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781447315704 (pbk.) 1447315707 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economics.<br/>Economics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Economic conditions--21st century.<br/>Great Britain--Social conditions--21st century.