Excess Mortality Caused By Austerity

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https://www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news/1058_over_300_000_excess_deaths_attributed_to_uk_government_austerity_measures

academics from the glasgow centre for population health have recently published a peer-reviewed paper in the journal of epidemiology and community health which suggests that severe public spending cuts were the most likely contributory cause in 335,000 deaths between 2012 and 2019 (before covid)... life expectancy fell by 6-7% in the most deprived parts of Scotland.

How are further spending cuts defensible in the face of these human costs?

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but i think you already knew that