The different maps that illustrate the Tory cuts


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January 6, 2011 at 11:00 am

contribution by Jon Stone

Possibly because of its straddling both a national and local focus, the anti-cuts movement seems to have rather got the hang of map making. Here I’ve brought together a collection of the best maps from the anti cuts movement.

To start with, excellent website False Economy has a rather basic map of the country that sorts news stories and testimonies about local cuts by their region.

A few local groups have produced regional maps of where cuts to arts and culture are going to fall. Areas covered so far include Wales and Manchester. There may well be more.

Someone has taken data from the Public Libraries News blog and produced an excellent Google Maps mash-up that illustrates the scale and breadth of library shut downs across the country. Unhappily, each pin does not represent a single closed library, but often an entire cluster of closures in a town.

Meanwhile, the Manchester Evening News has interactive and non-interactive versions of a map which shows where the coalition’s cuts to council budgets and services will mainly fall.

Back in August the Daily Mirror mapped out the coalition’s cuts to the Building Schools For the Future programme, and sorted the cuts by area. It found that the cuts disproportionately fell in Labour constituencies.

And finally, Homeless charity Shelter has produced a map that shows the startling effect of the coalition’s brutal cuts to housing benefit on different areas of the country.

Pissed off? Thankfully, anticuts.org.uk has drawn up another great Google Maps project – that will show you your local anti-cuts group.

Can you think of or point to any other maps I may have missed out?

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cross-posted from the red rock


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1. Nicola

Arts in Ayr have already been cut by our council under Labour uk govt & SNP Scottish govt.

2. Falco

“Back in August the Daily Mirror mapped out the coalition’s cuts to the Building Schools For the Future programme, and sorted the cuts by area. It found that the cuts disproportionately fell in Labour constituencies.”

Areas that were previously receiving boondoggles because they supported the incumbent party no longer are now that that party is out of power shock! (Yes I know it’s likely to be rather more complicated than that but 1 gets you 10 that the above is a factor).

3. Nina

I live in a Tory safe seat in Bucks. The local secondary school (not the grammar) had been allocated money to renovate and rebuild because it was in a sorry state and the money has been withdrawn. The truth is really very simple and not particularly party political, the wealthiest areas generally don’t need much help and they vote Tory because the Tories tax less. The kids who don’t go to grammar school around here are not the wealthiest kids and their parents don’t vote Tory unless they don’t see where their interests lie so they don’t get their school rebuilt.

4. Stuart White

False Economy also has a map you can use to find local anti-groups groups – not sure if it is more or less comprehensive than the anticuts.org.uk one….

5. Ian Anstice

I am responsible for the Public Libraries News blog http://publiclibrariesnews.blogspot.com/ and work on the map associated it with a couple of fellow campaigners. Each red pin marks an authority – click on each pin to get details about the cuts and any campaigning groups there. We are currently adding on individual pins for each branch (coloured blue). The map of the UK will be pretty much covered after this is done.

Ian

6. Alex W

A general comment
Britain 2011…

Tory Government.

Succeeding, on paper so far, with ushering in a new age rapid destruction of the poor.
Cameron, Clegg and pals quickly installing their cleansing movements for this country. They seem to be attempting to build a Tory Utopia. One that will result in this small Island being only for the rich. Brave New World style. (the broken Epsilon speaks)
Continuing what Thatcher started and Major continued with all the help that new, especially computer, technology affords. Already in control of the media, military, police, legal systems and, well, everything.
Tory = drive the poor lower classes into the sea. Hired help is available at much lower cost from abroad.
As a disabled pauper I’m waiting for the benefits cutting axe they wield to strike in my direction.
Endgame ?

7. MsChin

The Learning Disabilities Coalition has mapped cuts affecting their community:
http://www.learningdisabilitycoalition.org.uk/cutswatch.asp

Here’s a few examples of how our most vulnerable are being hit:
Leicstershire – employment projects cut to save £770K
Derbyshire; North Yorkshire – charging for support services like personal care
Hampshire; Liverpool – closing residential care facilities
Brighton & Hove; Leeds – cuts to Supporting People programme

8. Jeremy Smyles

Someone should tell Cameron thet cutting the flesh to the bone will leave nothing to grow. See; http://torypartyfushed.blogspot.com


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