Increased costs this year are going to leave many people across our communities with additional cost burdens that may prove to be extremely challenging. Households may be faced with choices between eating healthily, turning the heating on or having to live in cold homes, leading to increased health and wellbeing issues.
There is an established network of food banks and voluntary and community support provision available, but many who have never needed support before may well find themselves caught in the current squeeze. Few areas will be unaffected, many for the first time right the way across the Borough (i.e. rural communities as well as major settlements).