“What shocked me the most was seeing a nurse arrive with her delivery driver husband.” Never had Mark Thompson witnessed such an influx of beneficiaries in his food bank in the suburbs of Manchester. People already precarious, for the most part. And employees, too. More and more numerous. “This volunteer himself recently lost his job as a security guardspecifies the Financial Times. He crossed over to the other side of the fence.”
For a growing number of Britons, these associations act as a last safety net. Government allowances and aid are not enough to counter the devastating effects of inflation. “Au 1is October, the ceiling for energy prices will be raised by 80% to reach 3,549 pounds per yearspecifies the economic newspaper. The next reassessment, scheduled for next January, could bring bills to half of average pensions.”
Opposite, the 400 pounds