Hardship on the streets of Liverpool: ‘The benefit cap put millions of children in poverty overnight’

Hardship on the streets of Liverpool: ‘The benefit cap put millions of children in poverty overnight’

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​With parents going without meals to feed their children, and bills rising, residents and councillors talk of the problems they see every dayAt a baby bank in Liverpool, Louise cradles her infant in her arms, while volunteers pull donations from the shelves and into a bag; nappies, formula milk, vests and baby-grows.The 38-year-old is a mother of five, her children aged five months to 13 years; two are visually impaired and one also has epilepsy, another of her children is deaf. Continue reading… 

With parents going without meals to feed their children, and bills rising, residents and councillors talk of the problems they see every day

At a baby bank in Liverpool, Louise cradles her infant in her arms, while volunteers pull donations from the shelves and into a bag; nappies, formula milk, vests and baby-grows.

The 38-year-old is a mother of five, her children aged five months to 13 years; two are visually impaired and one also has epilepsy, another of her children is deaf.

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