Dear Editor, The budget announced by the Conservative chancellor was not good news. It marks a return to austerity. Analysis shows that while it cuts money to local councils and the NHS, it puts money into schemes such as the Levelling Up and Community Renewal Funds that appear even to the Financial Times as schemes for pumping money into Conservative-held constituencies rather than those most in need. In the meantime, the pandemic excluded groups, over three million, receive no specific help. These include those who have small businesses, those without furlough, those on many legacy benefits such as carers and the disabled. Yet these groups suffered massively increased costs.
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