A LECTURE about the impact of austerity in Bradford will be held at the University of Bradford tonight.

The third of the university’s public lecture series in the lead up to the General Election examines the impact of the coalition policy on the district.

Titled Poverty, Inequality and Mental Wellbeing: The Double-Whammy effect, the lecture will also refer to wider issues of health inequalities, particularly mental wellbeing.

The lecture takes place at 6pm at the Norcroft Centre on the university’s city campus and will be delivered by Kate Karban who lectures in the Division of Social Work and Social Care.

Places can still be booked at brad.ac.uk/elections-and-democracy/