Britain has become a broken, poverty-riddled 'living nightmare'

Britain has become a broken, poverty-riddled 'living nightmare' | 7.30

Record poverty, falling wages and rising costs: life in the UK is hard and getting harder.
The country's economic decline has led to a mass shift in political affiliations, populism is on the rise – with politicians promising to fix what's been described as a broken nation.
Elias Clure filed this report from the North of England.
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