Scrapping emergency fund will give crisis-hit families nowhere to turn - Northern Echo - Vox Political
Families in crisis will have nowhere to turn when a £10m emergency fund for the region is axed within months, campaigners warn today, according to the Northern Echo. The Children’s Society raises the alarm over Government plans to scrap ‘local welfare assistance schemes’ – seen as a last lifeline to stop vulnerable people falling into debt
Mike Sivier
