Cor blimey, guv'nah! It seems that scurvy is making a bit o' a comeback in Old Blighty!

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Cases of scurvy double in the 10 years the Tories have been in charge

WWW.THELONDONECONOMIC.COM

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Jonathan Ashworth said the huge rise in cases of the Victorian illness was 'a shameful indictment on a decade of the Tories'.

 

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Cases of scurvy and hospital admissions for malnutrition have risen dramatically in the ten years the Conservatives have been in power, NHS digital statistics show.

 

On the back of austerity politics, the number of people suffering from Victorian illnesses in the UK has rocketed, The Mirror has reported.

In 2010-11, 61,000 people needed food handouts but a decade on this figure now stands at 2.5 million.

 

Hospitals reported cases of scurvy – a vitamin C deficiency that can cause fatigue, bruised skin, swelling of the limbs and tooth loss – have risen from 82 in 2010-11 to 171 in 2020-21.

 

There was also a heartbreaking 10,109 cases of malnutrition – which was widespread among the poor in the 19th century – in 2020-21, up from 4,657 in 2010-11.

 

 

[Jason]

Make Britain Dickensian Again

[CitizenVectron]

We know that the solution is simply to raise tax revenue (weighted as mostly at the top as possible) and then increase social payouts/programs. It's a fact. But it's opposed by people who already have a lot of money (who can therefore also spend more money politically to influence policy), so it doesn't generally happen.

[Jason]

4 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

We know that the solution is simply to raise tax revenue (weighted as mostly at the top as possible) and then increase social payouts/programs. It's a fact. But it's opposed by people who already have a lot of money (who can therefore also spend more money politically to influence policy), so it doesn't generally happen.

 

I'm pretty sure in the UK they had that but have spent a decade gutting their safety net.

[Ricofoley]