They still haven't recovered from the underinvestment of the 80s.The health services suffered drastically in that era, hospitals closed, community care and social work services were particular hit, in fact it took more than 20 years for the sector to recover from the scale of those cutbacks.
One of the big differences with the 80's is that I don't think people had as much personal debt then - we also didn't have such high expectations, not say that was right but it was just a fact of life, travel, nice cars etc.
I grew upin a very disadvantaged area in the inner city. People shoes were stolen from them
There was zero money around. I was only a wippersnapper at the time but remember the oul dear giving me a slip of paper to give to the cheese and milk man that came around some dark evenings. It was always dark I remember. I never knew any better back then. I thought thats what the world was like, you queued up for food from a man with a van. Never asked where he got it from. .
I reckon the re-hiring part will be the part that won't be repeated.
I reckon the re-hiring part will be the part that won't be repeated.