Staff at a Merseyside food bank are having to rely on donations themselves as a local councillor predicts 'virtually everyone' in his local area will soon be in fuel poverty.
New figures, analysed by The Echo, suggest that nearly 24,000 more people in Wirral are in fuel poverty compared to 2020. Estimates suggest the total number is now more than 70,000 people in the borough. This is a number predicted to keep growing with energy prices due to soar again in October.
Justine Molyneux, the CEO of Involve Northwest charity which runs a foodbank in Wirral, told The Echo people are at just the beginning of a “horrific period.”
