Despite a chilly start, Greater Manchester will be able to bask in the sunshine today with temperatures reaching 17C this afternoon.
03.04.2022 - 10:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman pushes a pram around a largely deserted Salford Shopping Centre. Aside from a few charity shops, most units lie empty with metal shutters down.
“We’ve had to cut back on everything,” the 56-year-old says as she shelters from the rain. “We can’t afford to go out, we can’t afford anything.
“We have kids having to go to food banks in this day and age. It’s making me feel depressed. I’ve got four grandchildren – I can’t even afford to buy them an Easter egg.”
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Like thousands across the region, she’s struggling to cope with the rising cost of living. But even amid a crisis, Salford has been considered less in need of ‘levelling up’ than all other Greater Manchester boroughs – despite being one of the most deprived areas in the country.
The city is listed in category two on the Levelling Up Fund Index of Priority Places for the second round funding. All other boroughs in the region are classed in category one – first in line for funding and most in need of levelling up.
Donna Skeffington sits waiting at a bus stop. The 55-year-old, from Ordsall, has been forced to borrow money off her son so she can pay for her heating.
“My partner is 69 and he doesn’t like being cold – we have to put the heating on. We throw blankets on but he doesn’t like that,” she says. Sometimes we have to borrow off our son, he never asks for it back.
“My partner has worked all his life and he has to pay for me out of his state pension for bills, for everything. It makes me feel horrible.
“We’ve just got to try and cope with it. We try and find the cheapest food. We are okay for now but things could go bad very quickly.
“You’ve just got to
Despite a chilly start, Greater Manchester will be able to bask in the sunshine today with temperatures reaching 17C this afternoon.
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