'Here in Glasgow, the council is working with partners in the third and housing sectors to put in place a city-wide plan to use our network of assets.' | SusaninLangside ✍️
Yesterday, it emerged that inflation is set to hit almost 19% in the coming months, a 50 year high. Described by one major bank as “entering the stratosphere”, that’s nine times the target set by the Bank of England.
At the time of writing Scotland’s First Minister is set to chair a summit of energy companies, consumer groups and the third sector about what can be done to lessen the impact of these off-the-scale price hikes. It is, of course, the UK Government who could act tomorrow to alleviate hardship for tens of millions of people.
The entire Tory government has been posted missing in action. They have left the UK drifting perilously closer to a calamity. Writing in a recent Glasgow Times column, I said the scale of the intervention needed by the UK Government to deal with the cost-of-living crisis was on a par with that demanded by the pandemic. Many others have said similar.It’s practically non-existent.
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