Loneliness is a 'giant evil' of our time, says Jo Cox commission

Rachel Reeves argues that welfare state architect William Beveridge would add disconnected society to list of challenges

One of the key architects of Britain’s welfare state would have added loneliness as society’s sixth “giant evil” if he was alive today, Rachel Reeves will say after completing a year-long study into the issue.

The Labour MP, who co-chaired the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness after her friend and colleague was murdered last year, will argue that the weakening of trade union, church, local pub and workplace ties have left a disconnected society.

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