Poverty, local services and austerity
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While public support for local services as ‘essential’ remains high, there have been divergent trends in usage, with increases in public transport, corner shops and childrens services, but declines in information,leisure and cultural services. Distribution of service usage has become slightly more ‘pro-poor’, yet poorer groups are still more likely to report constraints in service access or quality. Services are not systematically worse in poorer neighbourhoods, in most cases, and service exclusion does not overlap much with other dimensions of social exclusion. While the service domain thus appears to continue to bolster equality, post-austerity cuts to local government spending threaten significant retrenchment in poorer localities.
2020 ◽
Vol 30
(2)
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pp. 89-111
2010 ◽
Vol 14
(14)
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pp. 91-101
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2019 ◽
Vol 19
(1)
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pp. 118-138
2007 ◽
Vol 19
(1)
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pp. 137-167
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