Complex sentence: In the early 1840s the UK was relatively less affected than most of Europe, yet thousands of working class people still starved to death, including in England, Scotland and Wales, in part as it had became illegal to give poor people aid.
Split into simpler sentences: In the early 1840s the UK was relatively less affected than most of Europe. Yet thousands of working class people still starved to death, including in England, Scotland and Wales, in part as it had became illegal to give poor people aid.