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by TheOtherHobbes 1198 days ago
Some of the media coverage:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/05/over-330000...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/austerity-thousand...

Some of the research:

https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/21490/1/‘Dead%20peop...

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/10/e046417

There's a mountain of evidence that the policies were democidally harmful and economically counterproductive.

Although they did increase financial inequality - which some people seem to consider a good thing rather than a bad one.