I've always admired her journalism and here Polly Toynbee goes one step further from reporting the situation to trying to live it. The awful wages and conditions low paid workers have to put up with has a direct impact on the services they provide - hospital cleaning, school-dinners, care workers. No wonder our social services are gong to the dogs!

Still horribly relevant, probably more so 14 years after writing.

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Hi and if you are new to all this, welcome to Bookcrossing.
It would really be appreciated if you would make a comment about the book, where you found it and what you thought of it.
The book is now yours to read, keep, or pass it on. We'd like to know where it travels to, and if you don't want to join you can do this anonymously.
If you would like to know what happens to the book after you have passed it on please join. It doesn't cost anything, it's private and it's interesting to travel by proxy around the world.
If you do join, I hope you'll put my name down - mrsdanvers - as your referring member.