BREAKING: First UK council declares ‘cost of living emergency’.
Eastbourne has become the first council in the UK to declare a ‘cost of living emergency’.
The Liberal Democrat-run local authority is expected to pass a motion to help local charities and giveEastbourne Foodbank has been the UK’s busiest for the past year – distributing more parcels per head than any other, the Trussell Trust network says.
‘People are coming to me every day saying, “I don’t know how I’m going to get by”, There are parents who are skipping meals all the time so their kids can eat.’
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