It is hard to overstate just how scared people are right now.
Facing bills they just cannot pay, rent or mortgage payments they won’t be able to afford, this is a fear unlike anything many have ever faced - the fear of simply not knowing what to do.
I saw it etched on the faces of almost everyone I met on the Meadow Well estate in North Shields - a community in the north-east of England accustomed to weathering tough times, but none quite as tough as these.
There had been no sign Liz Wright would break down in tears.
ITV News spent two weeks in North Shields investigating the impact of the cost of living crisis. Daniel Hewitt reports.
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17 окт 2022
