What goes on in the home is the business of the state. Here’s why | Sonia Sodha

Economic shifts are being driven by austerity politics – and now crucial questions about family life are being settled by necessity rather than choice

When it comes to family, where does love stop and duty begin? Sometimes that’s easily answered: evolutionary instinct moulds a parent’s love for their children into something fierce and uncomplicated. Broaden out the focus to siblings, adult children, ageing parents, aunts and uncles, and the answer is less straightforward.

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