Monthly Archives: April 2012
Elderly care: politicians urged to ‘pull their heads out of the sand’
Party leaders are being urged to “pull their heads out of the sand” to reach agreement over the elderly care crisis.
Campaigners urged politicians to rise “above politics” to after the leaders of every major council in England and Wales called on the main party leaders to act now to avoid “dangerous” delays in agreeing reform to elderly services.
In a letter to David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, they warned that services such as parks, libraries and leisure centres might soon have to close to fund their growing care responsibilities unless a new system can be agreed.
Britain on the breadline as thousands face food poverty
thousands face food poverty
Penny Marshall: Social Affairs Editor
The impact of Britain’s economic downturn is forcing tens of thousands of ordinary families to queue up for food handouts.
One charity said today the number of people going to foodbanks has doubled in the last year.
Our Social AffairsEditor Penny Marshall has been to one in Coventry, which is among the fastestgrowing in the country:
Not many families say grace anymore, few even eat together. But as the church intervenes to guarantee thousands of families don’t go hungry, perhaps a few are whispering it under their breath.
The news that two new food banks are opening in Britain every week as people struggle to make ends meet should make each and every one of us pause and think.
