The human suffering in the North East caused by the cost-of-living crisis has been brought to life by an interactive map of real-life stories designed by a leading campaign group.
38 Degrees’ cost of living map (www.costoflivingmap.com) contains stories from around the UK from people struggling to cope with rising prices and other pressures linked to the current economic crisis. It has been released in the run-up to Thursday’s autumn statement, in which the Government is expected to announce cuts in public spending in a bid to help balance its books.
Every pinpoint on the map represents someone who has agreed to speak out in the hope of forcing the Government to put a rescue plan in place for the most vulnerable in society.
