People in a West Lothian village want to “reclaim” land they say was gifted to them by the granddaughter of James Paraffin Young but has been earmarked for more housing.
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Over the last 12 months Manchester Evening News reporter Paige Oldfield has visited the towns, estates and suburbs of Greater Manchester speaking to people about the cost-of-living crisis. Initially many were reluctant to open up, but the more expensive life has become the more it seemed people were only too glad to talk about what they were going through.
During that time she's met a disabled woman who described being trapped upstairs because she couldn't afford to use her stair lift, consoled a sobbing mum forced to light her home with candles and heard from a man who hadn't eaten for three days.
With winter coming and no end to the crisis in sight, in today's Mancunian Way we'll hear from Paige about why she feels it's vital we tell these stories.
On October 27 last year then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled his second budget of 2021. It came shortly after the £20 Universal Credit uplift was scrapped, leaving 4.4 million households £1,000 a year worse off.
Later that week Paige Oldfield visited Eccles in Salford to see how people were coping with the cuts. She spoke with a woman worried about becoming homeless after being told by her landlord she had just four weeks to find somewhere else to live, a mum-of-four who couldn't afford to buy her kids birthday presents and a busker who said rising bills made the future a 'frightening' place.
It was the first in what would become a series of pieces documenting life in post-covid, post-Brexit Greater Manchester, telling the
People in a West Lothian village want to “reclaim” land they say was gifted to them by the granddaughter of James Paraffin Young but has been earmarked for more housing.
Churchgoers are preparing to welcome elderly guests to a new regular event being held in Perth twice a week organised in response to the growing cost of living crisis.
Dumfriesshire schoolchildren have joined in a regional response to help the vulnerable through the cost of living crisis.
Linlithgow and East Falkirk MP, Martyn Day will be holding a cost of living crisis event at the Reconnect Regal Theatre in Bathgate on Friday, November 4 from 12:30 – 4pm. The MP will be joined by representatives from a range of organisations. The informal drop-in is a chance for constituents to get up-to-date advice on issues such as energy, benefits, debt, food, clothing and more.
A Scottish coffee roaster is worried for the future of his business, as the crippling cost of living crisis is set to jack up prices of the well loved drink.
The Trafford Centre is hosting a Christmas gift and essential items donation point to help ease the cost of living and energy crisis on residents of the borough.
The first fully in person Mipcom for three years is winding down as thousands of tired, fuzzy-headed but happy delegates make their way to Nice airport or jump on trains to Paris. The market was set to a backdrop of an industry in a deep state of flux, as new buyers establish themselves and more seasoned ones react and adapt. Below are just some of the key takeaways from three action-packed days on the Croisette. One thing is for sure, while making TV is not the easiest business, the 10,896 attendees RX reported to have attended were simply delighted to be back together in person (last year’s restriction-laden Mipcom was hybrid and attendance figures comparatively low) and the atmosphere was the buzziest for many years, especially when the coffee machines were locked away and the alcohol started flowing. Read on.
Porridge Radio have announced that a set number of discounted tickets will be set aside for each of their shows, designed to help fans struggling to afford them in the current economic climate.The initiative comes after it was reported that the annual cost of energy bills in the UK is forecast to hit £4,347, following Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss’ recent U-turn on government support.Posting on the band’s Instagram account, they wrote: “In response to the current cost of living crisis, we’ve decided to set aside 30 tickets per show for our headline UK shows to be discounted for people who have not been able to buy tickets due to financial worries. We hope this makes the shows more accessible to those who want to come.“These tickets will be sold purely on an honour system – we will trust that those who do not need the discount will not use up the limited supply.
Councillors have questioned whether the cost of living crisis is linked to an increased rate of domestic abuse cases in Wigan. After data revealed an 11 per cent increase of domestic abuse referrals to services in the borough from this time last year, Coun Mary Callaghan questioned officers on whether residents’ safety was impacted by the cost of living crisis.
A pub in Manchester has been labelled a "cost of living crisis hero" after it dropped its prices to £2 a pint - in a throwback to the 90s.
Supermarket giant Tesco has been ctiticized by shoppers after announcing 'devastating' news about its Clubcards amid the cost of living crisis. Millions of Brits are currently trying to keep costs as low as possible as bills continue to rise.
King Charles III is said to be scaling down his Coronation next year, amid the cost of living crisis. According to reports, the new monarch will be stripping back on the traditional service, cutting out the royal pomp and flair, making for quite the different ceremony to that of the Queen’s back in 1953.
Disabled people in Dumfries and Galloway could die because they cannot afford the electricity to power their vital medical equipment, a councillor warned this week. Councillor Willie Scobie raised his serious concerns at a social work meeting on Tuesday, and the region’s social work chief admitted she was “acutely aware” of the severe impact the cost-of-living crisis is having on people with disabilities.