Unprecedented social crisis – British households fall into precariousness

– British households fall into precariousness

Households in the United Kingdom are doubly penalized by the general rise in prices and soaring energy costs.

Tristan of Bourbon – London

Posted today at 11:00 a.m.

Food banks (here in Edinburgh, February 21, 2022) are so full that you have to book your time slot before showing up at the store.

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Elizabeth approaches 71 Ronalds Street in the London Borough of Islington, one of the most socially mixed boroughs in all of England. She enters a large courtyard, whose large metal gate is only open to the public two days a week, and rushes inside the building. She comes out fifteen minutes later with a packed backpack and shopping bag.

“Given the current rise in prices, I’m only holding up financially thanks to this food bank,” explains this forty-year-old, part-time employee in the national public health system. I have no choice: if I want to be able to heat the house and feed my children, I have to come here.”