Blyth Town Councillor Adrian Cartie works in the community and is seeing the problems of people getting poorer on a daily basis. He is very concerned for the future of many families in the Town.
Adrian told Blyth Labour Newsletter: “The massively high cost of energy this winter and with food prices forced up by 17% plus across the board I have noticed how close generations of families have grown together to support each other. I am very concerned that if things keep going in the same direction with wages not matching price rises then the whole stability of family groups may suffer”.
“Elderly members of the families I meet each day have been stripped of their savings this winter to cover costs and with Landlords raising rents to counterbalance higher mortgage charges younger family groups who in many cases are working in more than one job will be brought down to earth which will not help them or their children”.
“I’m worried that it may take years to right the wrongs that have been placed before people through an idiotic poorly planned mini budget that has brought chaos to east coast towns like Blyth. Our Town has already suffered the ignominy of enforced industrial change and the offshoring of employment by free market economy Governments over the years”.
“The damage caused has been dreadful for Blyth and I’ve noticed that the long term damage on local society has grown rapidly over the last thirteen years, with the least resilient families suffering badly.”
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