Claims have been made the Metrolink has made Oldham WORSE. A new study analysing how levelling up can be implemented successfully has suggested the town may have been better off if the region's tram system didn’t connect to it.
01.05.2022 - 10:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
In one of the most deprived areas of Greater Manchester, a mum-of-four walks her children home from school. “I hardly sleep,” she says as her young daughters play beside her.
“I’m struggling big time. It seems to be forgotten about here – there's nothing, not like in other deprived areas. When they have school trips coming up, I can't afford them. When they have school photos, I can't afford to pay for them”
This is the bleak reality for many parents living in the Busk area of Chadderton . The neighbourhood has the third highest child poverty rate in the whole of Britain – with 67 per cent of children currently living below the breadline.
Across Greater Manchester, there were 177,326 children living in poverty in March 2021 – that figure being recorded before the latest cost of living crisis hit homes. It comes as millions of families across the nation struggle with soaring energy costs, with many having to choose between heating or eating.
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In Busk, many families are finding it difficult to cope with the rising cost of living. Mum-of-two Naomi Clarke is currently pregnant with her third child. She fears for her children growing up in such hard times.
"With the gas and electric going up, it's a bit of a struggle and it's a bit out of hand,” the 22-year-old told the Manchester Evening News. “It's all a bit f*****. I've started having to turn off plugs when I go to bed.
"I suffer with mental health like anxiety and depression, it doesn't bother me as much but there are days where it does and it proper gets to me. But my family help me out.
"It's quite a worry for my kids to be growing up in this type of predicament. It scares me with them growing up
Claims have been made the Metrolink has made Oldham WORSE. A new study analysing how levelling up can be implemented successfully has suggested the town may have been better off if the region's tram system didn’t connect to it.
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