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UK on strike: why are public services failing? | The New Statesman podcast
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4:30Now PlayingThe NHS on strike, crumbling schools, stalling infrastructure projects. Britain has a rich economy - so why are public services failing?
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Britain is a very wealthy country on paper. Why do we have so many problems? Short-termism in government and an ageing, growing population are all factors.
“We’ve got a massive productivity crisis, it’s austerity, it’s stagnation in public thinking about solving these problems.” - Freddie Hayward
Anoosh Chakelian, Freddie Hayward, and Rachel Wearmouth answer a listener’s question on why our country’s public services are in such a dire state.
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