Britain’s big squeeze: ‘This Is All We Can Afford’: Shrinking Lives in the English Countryside In Cumbria, a bucolic landscape masks growing poverty and isolation. As bus lines are cut and services dry up under austerity, older people are feeling new constraints. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Japan Says Deadly Ship Collision Happened Earlier Than ReportedDeath Toll From Grenfell Tower Fire in London Rises to 79Residents React To Finsbury Park Van AttackAfghan Government Quietly Aids Breakaway Taliban FactionRussia Will Suspend Cooperation With U.S. on Syrian AirspaceIn Bali, 4 Foreign Inmates Tunnel Out of Prison