Cut Out: Living Without Welfare (Left Book Club) - Softcover

Seabrook, Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745336183 ISBN 13: 9780745336183

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2016

Synopsis

From the ale-house drunks of the Victorian era to the obese benefit scroungers of today, civilization has consistently pinned blame and shame for any societal issues on the poorer classes. In reality, the recent dismantling of crucial welfare state sections by both the U.K.’s Labour and Conservative governments has resulted in the emergence of a new, harshly disadvantaged layer of British society. Growing numbers of unemployed citizens have been deserted, their voices obscured. In Cut Out, journalist Jeremy Seabrook talks to these silenced communities in order to expose the cruel realities of the situation the British government has created for some of its most vulnerable citizens. Seabrook uncovers the many routes to poverty caused by welfare reforms and explores the brutally honest stories of Britain’s most devastated lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeremy Seabrook is a journalist and writer who has written for the New Statesman, Guardian, Time, and Independent. He writes plays for stage and TV and is the author of many books, including Pauperland: Poverty and the Poor in Britain and The Song of the Shirt: The High Price of Cheap Garments, from Blackburn to Bangladesh.

Review:

"Seabrook has spent his writing career bringing to light the hidden - or, rather, deliberately overlooked - reality of lives spent in unyielding poverty." (Times Literary Supplement)

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0745336183
• ISBN 13: 9780745336183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224