The Impact of Austerity on Equality

Part of Questions to the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:34 pm on 14 May 2019.

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Photo of Dawn Bowden Dawn Bowden Labour 2:34, 14 May 2019

Thank you for that answer, Minister. I remain deeply shocked and saddened at the weekly visits to my constituency office from people who find that their lives are becoming harder and are facing an ever-more unequal society, largely due to the impacts of austerity. And in spite of what Theresa May has said, the Tories continue to impose austerity on our communities. Minister, do you agree that, as austerity continues to eat into the social fabric of our communities, destroying the lives of so many people, it is now time for the UK Government to stop the damage and scrap their policy of austerity?