A Yorkshire mother who managed to flee an abusive partner had to go days without meals after her application for emergency help was turned down.
The Hull woman, who cannot be named due to her circumstances, said she was now stuck in a vicious circle with money after buying an oven out of her own pocket. She added she felt like she was punished for doing the right thing while trying to hold down a job, get her daughter to school and arrange child care. A Hull City Council spokesperson said they were sorry they could not help and they would review the decision if requested.
She’s playing out and she’s already made some friends in the first few weeks of us being here. “But she still says ‘I’m hungry’, before I got the cooker she’d say that she wanted things that I couldn’t make, we couldn’t even have cereals because we don’t have a fridge to put the milk in. “She says to me: ‘I thought things would be better here.’ We lived off cheese and ham for a few days until I got paid, then I managed to get us a takeaway for a treat.
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