#ToryBritain: 25 snapshots from 2017

#ToryBritain: 25 snapshots from 20171) "Austerity linked to 120,000 needless deaths as policy is branded 'economic murder'", Daily Mirror, 16 Nov 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-health-cuts-economic-murder-115293882) "One million patients a week cannot get a GP appointment, statistics show", Daily Telegraph, 6 July 2017 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/06/one-million-patients-week-cannot-get-gp-appointment-statistics/3) "Nearly 130,000 children to wake up homeless this Christmas as child homelessness reaches 10-year high", Independent, 6 Dec 2017 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/child-homeless-christmas-rises-10-year-high-children-poverty-temporary-accomodation-shelter-a8093276.html4) "One in seven UK private tenants pays more than half income in rent – study", Guardian, 3 July 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/jul/03/one-in-seven-private-tenants-pays-more-than-half-income-in-rent-study-finds5) "Cladding for Grenfell Tower was cheaper, more flammable option", Guardian, 16 June 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/16/manufacturer-of-cladding-on-grenfell-tower-identified-as-omnis-exteriors6) "More than 600,000 pupils in England taught by unqualified teachers, says Labour", 25 Jul 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jul/25/more-than-600000-pupils-in-england-taught-by-unqualified-teachers7) "Inquiry into disability benefits 'deluged' by tales of despair", Guardian, 27 Nov 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/27/inquiry-into-disability-benefits-deluged-by-tales-of-despair8. "Student debt rising to more than £50,000, says IFS", BBC News, 5 July 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40493658"Poorest Students Leave University With The Most Debt Thanks To The Tories, Says Report", HuffPost UK, 5 July 2017http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/student-debt-tories-university-fees_uk_595bd0d6e4b02734df3464059) "NUT survey on holiday hunger", 17 Apr 2017 https://www.teachers.org.uk/news-events/conference-2017/nut-survey-holiday-hunger10) "Five hundred head teachers accuse Theresa May of pushing schools 'to breaking point'", Independent, 28 Apr 2017 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/theresa-may-education-schools-head-teachers-breaking-point-a7708846.html?cmpid=facebook-post"Headteachers demand more school cash in letter to Hammond", Guardian, 12 Nov 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/12/headteachers-philip-hammond-schools-national-funding-formula-tories11) "Food banks warn of struggle to cope this Christmas due to universal credit", Guardian, 7 Nov 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/07/food-banks-warn-of-struggle-to-cope-this-christmas-due-to-universal-credit12) "The reality of child poverty", ITV News video, 12 Dec 2017 https://www.facebook.com/itvnews/videos/341737242957712/13) "NHS chiefs warn Tory underfunding will force them to miss waiting time targets next year", Daily Mirror, 30 Nov 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nhs-chiefs-warn-tory-underfunding-1161535414) The Women's Aid Annual Survey 2016 https://www.womensaid.org.uk/research-and-publications/annual-survey-2016/15) "The Tory government has massively raised the number of badgers it wants to slaughter", Daily Mirror, 11 Sept 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-government-massively-raised-number-1114989516) "Stress 'epidemic' sweeps UK as Brits turn to exercise and alcohol to combat their worries", Daily Mirror, 13 Nov 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/stress-epidemic-sweeps-uk-brits-1151523517) "NHS nurses are too busy to care for patients properly, research shows", Guardian, 29 Sep 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/29/nhs-nurses-are-too-busy-to-care-for-patients-properly-research-shows?CMP=share_btn_fb18) "Calls for change to apprenticeships after numbers fall by 59%", Guardian, 23 Nov 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/23/rethink-apprenticeship-scheme-employers-and-unions-urge19) "Revealed: Rail fares have 'increased twice as much as wages since 2010'", London Evening Standard, 14 Aug 2017 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/revealed-rail-fares-increased-twice-as-much-as-wages-since-2010-a3610746.html20) "Police numbers to fall 1970s levels as more than 15,000 officers face sack", Daily Mirror, 26 Nov 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/police-numbers-fall-1970s-levels-1158725921) "Children waiting up to 18 months for mental health treatment – CQC", Guardian, 20 Oct 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/20/children-waiting-up-to-18-months-for-mental-health-treatment-cqc22) "House Building Under The Tories Drops To Lowest Level Since The 1920s", HuffPost UK, 9 May 2017 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/house-building-tories-labour-healey_uk_5910b87ce4b0d5d9049eb91523) "UK government warned over sharp rise in child and pensioner poverty", Guardian, 4 Dec 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/04/uk-government-warned-over-sharp-rise-children-pensioner-poverty-study24) "Why there’s a moral duty to sue our government over climate change", openDemocracy UK, 19 Dec 2017 https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/tim-crosland/why-there-s-moral-duty-to-sue-our-government-over-climate-change25) "Size of UK national debt" infographic, Press Association https://www.facebook.com/StopTheTories17/photos/a.262827927539072.1073741832.213919125763286/299063083915556/?type=3&theater"Richest 1% better off than ever before, while rest continue to suffer", Metro, 15 Jul 2017 http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/15/99-of-brits-are-still-struggling-about-10-years-after-the-credit-crunch-6781473/

Posted by Stop The Tories Channel on Saturday, December 30, 2017