We are entering an era of mass fuel poverty and ‘warm banks’ – and complacent leaders have left a dangerous political vacuum, says the Guardian columnist John Harris
”; in Aberdeen, a city council spokesperson recently said they would be offering libraries and other public buildings to “give people the opportunity to stay warm where required”.
And across the country, providers of emergency food are reaching snapping point. In Hull, the city council has joined voluntary sector organisations to form the, intended to maximise help available through the autumn and winter, and sound the alarm about a completely untenable situation. It has pointed out what ought to be completely obvious: the fact that “the current model of community food aid is not a sustainable or a morally acceptable solution to addressing poverty in the long term”.
Crude lump sums, moreover, take no account of people’s particular circumstances; much of the money, poverty experts say, will be swallowed up by already existing debt. Ministers would doubtless rebuff such points by also highlighting their pledge toby this September’s rate of inflation – but again, nothing is what it seems. By the spring of 2023, prices look set to be rising even faster.
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