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It’s Brexit that has won, but it will be the Tories who will let the voters down
Nine years of austerity has devastated working-class lives – we’re about to find out how much worse things can get, writes RUTH HUNT
Free and fair? First Draft found election adverts by the Tories were misleading

THE general election result is catastrophic for all those who were clinging on to hope. 

It’s a kick in the stomach for people who have lost loved ones due to austerity. 

For those living in poverty, those with severe disabilities and/or long-term health conditions, it’s a result that brings fear and dread of what is to come.

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