Inequalities in mental health and well-being in a time of austerity: Follow-up findings from the Stockton-on-Tees cohort study

Akhter, N.; Bambra, C.; Mattheys, K.; Warren, J.; Kasim, A.

doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.08.004

Inequalities in mental health and well-being in a time of austerity: Follow-up findings from the Stockton-on-Tees cohort study

In response to the 2007/8 financial crisis and the subsequent ‘Great Recession’, the UK government pursued a policy of austerity, characterised by public spending cuts and reductions in working-age welfare benefits. This paper reports on a case study of the effects of this policy on local inequal…