Reblogged from Michael Meacher MP:
The stark Christmas being faced by hundreds of thousands of families across the
north of England has been highlighted by a report this month from the Northern
Housing Consortium. It shows that the proportion of households spending less
than £20 a week on food has increased from a quarter to a third compared to a
few months ago. It reveals that the number of people having no money left each
week once bills have been paid is 51%, an increase from 39% in July. But
perhaps the most alarming and shameful fact of all is that the average spend on
food per person per day is now £2.10, down from £3.27 the previous quarter.
Such squeezed restrictions on access even to the most basic human needs, in a
country which still has the sixth largest economy in the world, is a horrendous
affront to any society that likes to believe it is civilised.
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