Foodbanks across the ‘so-called’ wealthy borough of Waverley are recording unprecedented calls for help from cash-strapped families.
In Waverley, 2,754 emergency food parcels were handed out to people in need across its four locations in the year to March. Of these, 1,195 were delivered to support vulnerable children.
Across the UK, the number of emergency parcels handed out by the Russell Trust has almost doubled in five years, topping 3.1 million in 2023-2024. An emergency food parcel provides food for three or seven days.
Other organisations, including Churches and Voluntary Groups, handed out even more food parcels across the borough.
Chief Executive of the Russell Trust Emma Revie said:
It is 2024 and we are facing historically high levels of food bank need. As a society we cannot allow this to continue. We cannot let food banks become the new norm. As we approach th general election we urgently need all our political leaders to set out how they will build a future where no-one needs a food bank to survive.
Cllr Paul Follows
Do you feel better off?
I wanted to drop some facts about an inflation drop
Let us remember:
Lower inflation is not DEFLATION. Prices are still rising, just not as fast.
If the government didn’t cause inflation because there were external factors beyond their control (as they frequently state), their actions would have just as minimal effect on slowing inflation.
As wages (for most people) have not remotely kept pace with price rises, many families will be struggling through a cost-of-living crisis that is far from over.Economic metrics mean very little when you have to visit a food bank because your energy, food and mortgage costs have skyrocketed.
The only people who think the cost of living crisis is over are people like Mr Hunt – who said in a recent TV interview that a £100k salary isn’t very much money. More money than 96% of the population earns.
So, I end where I started.
Do you feel better off?
Jeremy Hunt, the Tory hopeful for the Godalming & Ash parliamentary seat, recently lobbed £100,000 of his personal fortune into the local Conservative Party Constituency machine. Could any other candidate standing in the election locally, whether Reform Green, Labour or Liberal Democrat, match that?