Mehr als ein Fünftel der „Sparkinder“ Großbritanniens sind von Armut gezeichnet, heißt es in einer Studie

Those kids who grew up hungry and stressed during austerity are now the teenagers you see acting up on your street, the young adults who can’t hold down jobs, the people making your town centre feel sketchy at night. You pay for it every time you wait longer for a GP because mental health services are overwhelmed, every time your insurance goes up because crime rates tick up, every time you walk past another boarded-up shop because the local economy is struggling. You don’t get to opt out of this: childhood poverty grows up and becomes everyone’s problem.

Is there a connection between austerity and mobs of teenagers invading shops? Yes.