The trouble is, how can you mitigate the effects for this group, without costing the Treasury?

BBC: A few shades of grey at the Treasury

The group said local authorities needed to take action, as the levels of inactivity were costing lives.

BBC: Cycle and walking 'must be norm' for short journeys

Memorial, a leading human-rights group, has decided to try instead to get people worked up about what the war is costing them: the taxes they pay, the sons and brothers who die serving there, and the lies that their government tells them about it.

ECONOMIST: Who needs democracy?