Financial Austerity Map of the UK

This is probably the wrong place for the posting but I couldn’t think of where to post this - The Financial Times have produced an interactive map re a cumulative visual assessment of a combination of 10 benefit cuts.
http://ig.ft.com/austerity-map/

This fits well with the Sheffield-Hallam report, flagged up by Rightsnet -

http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/news/story/key-effect-of-welfare-reforms-will-be-to-widen-gap-in-prosperity-between-ri/

Stripping millions of pounds out of weak local economies will really help won’t it? The type of low paid jobs that IDS expects people to pick up will probably be cancelled out by the loss of spend in their local communities. Couple that issue with ‘what if’ Universal Credit crashes and burns and you have all the ingredients for one almighty mess.

An interesting piece in the Guardian today highlights the straw grasping currently going on - 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/13/iain-duncan-smith-benefit-cap-evidence