A leading North East mental health charity has been joined by two local MPs to highlight how the cost-of-living crisis is already pushing more people in our area to "breaking point" and call for the Government to do more to help.
Labour MPs Kate Osborne and Sharon Hodgson said they had "serious concerns" about the way price rises across society would impact on the poorest - while the charity Mental Health Concern (MHC) has revealed it is already experiencing a "significant rise in cases of people struggling severely with their mental health" due to rocketing day-to-day costs.
The charity explained that one of its South Tyneside support workers was helping a man who is considering taking the drastic step of giving up his council flat and living in a van because he can't afford his bills. Another person being helped by MHC is, the charity says, working full time but struggling to afford food - and that this has had a "severe" impact on their existing mental health worries.
