Central England Co-op launched a campaign to help support food banks after its’ food bank partners reported that they had seen donations drop. Since then there has been an inspiring community response.
The government is to spend more than £400m to support poor children and families in England, following a campaign by footballer Marcus Rashford, funding from the beginning of December until the end of March.
An extra £85m has been announced by the Treasury to provide emergency accommodation for 5,400 rough sleepers who have been placed in hotels in England for the duration of the pandemic.
Human Rights Watch have released a new investigative report which says that tens of thousands of families in England have been left without enough food to eat, apparently because of Government welfare cuts.
“It’s not easy for someone to ask for help and it’s not easy for someone to say ‘I can’t feed myself’.” Those are the words of one worker at a food bank in Essex. She sees people walk in every day in a desperate situation.
As the constitutional battle intensifies, public services are becoming collateral damage. The Brexit frenzy, combined with preparations for a general election, has torpedoed any semblance of financial stability.
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