Happy New Year.Welcome to 2019 and just a little advance warning theres a local election coming across the city in less than four months.
For many in our city though the thought of a happy new year or any sense of excitement from the coming local elections will be completely absent.
Increasingly, ongoing Tory austerity is leading to greater use of foodbanks across the city, more families struggling in worsening financial circumstances, insecure employment becoming the norm and hope for any improvement diminishing daily.
Thats not just my impression of how things are, but its also exactly what I have heard from local residents already this year at my first surgery at my local foodbank.
It doesnt take much these days to push people over …
Read the full article at: https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2019/01/07/the-debt-we-owe-and-help-in-times-of-crisis/