1. The harrowing of the north.
- Author
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Lazenby, Peter
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WOMEN employees , *ECONOMIC conditions of women , *ECONOMIC history ,BRITISH politics & government, 2007- ,ECONOMIC conditions in Great Britain, 1997- ,BRITISH economic policy, 2010- - Abstract
The article examines British government cost cutting measures and the impact that budget cuts will have on Leeds, an English city in the county of Yorkshire, and on the north of England in general. A number of topics are addressed including the impact of cuts on working women, government cuts to benefits for the disabled, and anti-labour-union measures put in place by former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
- Published
- 2010