Hungry families in the Tyseley Foodbank in Birmingham, across the city from where Conservatives are gathered for their annual jamboree
Hungry families
As tax-slashing Tories quaff Champagne at their annual conference in Birmingham, five miles across town desperate families are queuing for emergency food.
Hungry households already unable to cope amid the cost-of-living crisis urged Conservatives descending on the city to throw them a lifeline.
With inflation running at 9.9%, food prices rocketing and banks scrapping mortgage deals, many fear their plight will deepen.
Yama Gaye, 49, whose two sons aged 25 and 11, and daughter, 19, all live at home, said: “There’s quite a lot of pressure already, it’s hard.
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