Mindfulness by itself won’t cure loneliness – ending austerity is key | Moya Sarner

The government has a minister to fight this modern-day epidemic, but still decimates services for those at riskAre we living through an epidemic of loneliness? Well, it depends who you ask. One Red Cross study found that more than 9 million people in the UK – almost a fifth of the adult population – are often or always lonely, and in January Tracey Crouch was appointed the so-called “minister for loneliness” to tackle the problem.But the experts can’t decide if thin