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My friends in Easterhouse are bearing brunt of cuts
Independence could be a chance for Labour in Scotland to break with the austerity consensus, says BOB HOLMAN
The coalition government has slashed billions from the welfare budget to reduce the financial deficits made by politicians and financiers. Its Cabinet, dominated by millionaires and the privileged from Oxbridge, has imposed the most punitive welfare system this country has seen, yet its members are distanced from their victims.
I would like to introduce them to some of my friends from Easterhouse, Glasgow, one of the most deprived places in Scotland, who have to survive on low wages and slashed benefits.
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