"The future used to be exciting... now it's frightening": Life on the Salford streets where families live one bill away from disaster
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOn Wednesday, Rishi Sunak unveiled his second Budget of 2021. The Universal Credit taper will be cut by eight per cent, allowing claimants to keep more of their benefit. But 4.4million households have seen their income fall by £1,000 a year after the £20 uplift was recently scrapped. The cash could be the equivalent of a week’s worth of food or new school shoes for a child. The decrease means some are having to choose between basic necessities.There are people living in Eccles who are barely managing to keep their heads above the water – with some living day-to-day on the very edge of disaster. W ith energy bills rocketing and food costs on the up, the M.E.N’s Paige Oldfield spoke to residents in the town about their struggles and worries
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