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

Seabrook, Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745336183 ISBN 13: 9780745336183

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2016

Synopsis

Britain’s welfare state, one of the greatest achievements of our post-war reconstruction, was regarded as the cornerstone of modern society. Today, that cornerstone is wilfully being dismantled by a succession of governments, with horrifying consequences. The establishment paints pictures of so-called ‘benefit scroungers’; the disabled, the sickly and the old.

In Cut Out: Living Without Welfare, Jeremy Seabrook speaks to people whose support from the state – for whatever reason – is now being withdrawn, rendering their lives unsustainable. In turns disturbing, eye-opening, and ultimately humanistic, these accounts reveal the reality behind the headlines, and the true nature of British politics today.

About this title

Review:

Praise for previous books: 'For half a century, in one delicately textured study after another, Seabrook has established himself as perhaps Britain’s finest anatomist of class, deindustrialisation, migration and the spiritual consequences of neoliberalism.' (Sukhdev Sandhu, Guardian)

About the Author:

Jeremy Seabrook is a journalist and writer. He has written for the New Statesman, Guardian, Times and Independent. He writes plays for stage and TV and is the author of numerous books including Pauperland: Poverty and the Poor in Britain (Hurst, 2013) and The Song of the Shirt: The High Price of Cheap Garments, from Blackburn to Bangladesh (Hurst, 2015).

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0745336183
• ISBN 13: 9780745336183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256