Osborne’s austerity cuts aimed to make the welfare state’s return impossible

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

Category: Causal Relationships

• QUESTION: Is there documentary evidence confirming the strategic intent of Osborne’s austerity cuts, or is this inference? Worth verifying.

Related

• Austerity cuts aimed to permanently prevent welfare-state restoration in Britain (similarity 0.90)
• British austerity cuts aimed to permanently foreclose any future welfare state (similarity 0.84)
• Labour, not the Conservatives, delivered the first welfare-state cuts (similarity 0.83)
• Labour itself applied harsh welfare cuts under IMF tutelage (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The welfare state’s success provoked conservative opposition to reverse it #complicates (0.50) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1060