Austerity cuts aimed to permanently prevent welfare-state restoration in Britain

Evidence

These cuts were strategically intended to effect an irreversible transformation of British society, which would prevent the future reestablishment of any form of welfare state in Britain, whichever political party were to subsequently come to power. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 974

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: austerity as permanent-structural engineering rather than fiscal necessity — a lens for reporting on any consolidation regime.
• XREF: connects to: Postwar austerity strangled Britain’s universal national health care project — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 310; The antiwaste campaign against public spending anchored austerity at the British Treasury — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 327; Austerity policies required sacrificing the welfare of most British citizens — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 860