The killings of 16-year-old Kennie Carter, 17-year-old Alan Szelugowski, and 20-year-old Dylan Keelan, over the last three consecutive weekends has shocked the Greater Manchester community.
19.01.2022 - 12:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
In one Salford suburb, children do their homework in McDonald’s because their families can’t afford Wi-Fi at home.
A charity shop keeps its prices at £2 so customers still have enough to shop there.
A mother skips meals so she can buy her daughter food.
A hundred miles away in Richmond, cafes, restaurants and boutiques are doing a roaring trade.
Yet Richmondshire – Rishi Sunak’s parliamentary constituency – has been ranked as more deserving of taxpayers’ money.
“A lot of my stuff is £2,” says Natalie Darcey, who manages the St Ann’s Hospice shop in Little Hulton’s District Centre.
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“If it was more, a lot of people round here couldn’t afford it.”
Little Hulton was largely created after the Second World War as families moved from inner city areas as part of the slum clearance programme.
The proportion of people on unemployment benefits is twice the national average, with male life expectancy six years – and women four years – below the average for England.
While Salford is home to MediaCity and BBC North, the borough is ranked as the 18th most deprived area in the country.
But when a list was published this year, it was placed in the second of three categories judged as most warranting cash from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund.
In October, it was announced Salford Rise had been awarded £13.2m from the fund, The Mirror reports.
The project includes a “boulevard in the sky”, a bridge that will connect Salford University campus to an “Innovation Zone”.
Paul Dennett, the Labour mayor of Salford, is still baffled as to why the area is not in category one, and with it the prospect of more money.
“Even to this day we
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