Fuel voucher support is up nearly 50 per cent in Shropshire.
CAB Shropshire has reported providing unprecedented levels of fuel and food support in December
With the first two weeks of December being the coldest start to winter for over a decade, many were forced to turn up their thermostats for the first time since prices were hiked. "Now we have to pluck this out of nowhere. We've got three children in the house, it's just not feasible to have the heating off."Aleksandra Zydek, research and campaign officer for CAB Shropshire said:"The scale of this crisis is unlike anything we’ve seen even during the pandemic.
According to the most recent data from the Office of National Statistics, the rising costs of everyday foods was leaving around half of all adults in Great Britain buying less when food shopping.
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