Every day, Damian Bradshaw has a choice to make. Scraping by on just £250 a month, he can either heat his freezing home or eat.
The 53-year-old only has enough money to survive off one meal a day. Most of the time, all he can afford is toast.
It’s a bleak and impossible situation for so many vulnerable people across Greater Manchester as the cold nights draw in. But for those living in Blackley and Broughton, the cost of living crisis has hit harder than anywhere else in the county.
