Nearly seven in 10 Britons believe the welfare state will do less for them and their families over the next decade than in the previous one as a result of the fiscal crisis and the need to cut public spending, according to a survey for the Financial Times.
A Harris poll asked people in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the US to assess their prospects for the next 10 years in a number of areas.
The poll finds that Britons are not quite as gloomy about the prospects for the next decade as the French, who are markedly more pessimistic on a range of fronts than their counterparts in the European Union and the US. However, Britain is the regular runner-up to France.
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