Cut Out: Living Without Welfare

Britain's welfare state one of the greatest achievements of our post-war reconstruction was regarded as the cornerstone of modern society. Today that cornerstone is wilfully being dismantled by a succession of governments with horrifying consequences. The establishment paints pictures of so-called 'benefit scroungers' the disabled the sickly and the old. In Cut Out: Living Without Welfare Jeremy Seabrook speaks to people whose support from the state - for whatever reason - is now being withdrawn rendering their lives unsustainable. In turns disturbing eye-opening and ultimately humanistic these accounts reveal the reality behind the headlines and the true nature of British politics today. Published in partnership with the Left Book Club.