The people of Lancashire have spoken out about how the cost of living crisis is tightening its vice like grip on the region. They have revealed how they have had to cut back with food banks reporting bare shelves and dwindling supplies. In a recent survey by The Living Wage Foundation, a massive 78% of low paid workers said the cost of living crisis was the worst period they had faced financially.
It also revealed how over half of low-paid workers - 2.7m workers nationwide - have turned to foodbanks over the last year. 63% of low-paid food bank users surveyed said their use had increased in this time. In what is looking to be a winter of discontent, food banks and councillors across Lancashire have issued urgent pleas for donations as the financial squeeze tightens.
Bearing all of this in mind, LancsLive went out to ask people in West Lancashire for their thoughts on food banks, and whether they're having to rein in donations to charities themselves due to sky rocketing costs and bills.
