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Desperate North East families forced to go without fridge-freezers as energy bills soar

Poverty groups are warning the situation will 'get even worse' this winter with foodbanks being 'overwhelmed'

Chronicle Live · Jul 15, 2022

Child poverty reaches huge levels in North East, new figures show

Newcastle has seen the number of children growing up poor rise by 50% in the last seven years - the biggest increase in the UK

Chronicle Live · Jul 11, 2022