There were two areas of spending he could not touch: pensions, which were relied on by the Conservative party’s elderly support base, and the National Health Service, which was politically sacrosanct. So the main cuts were reserved for local councils, who were forced into jettisoning community services. Budgets were slashed for libraries, school services, public parks, buses and countless other services.
As Alexei put it: ". Austerity is the idea that the 2008 financial crash was caused by Wolverhampton having too many libraries."
