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Yeah, one of our neighbours put a note through the door with some money in order to buy me a winter coat. it had come up in conversation. he was a really kind... he was retired by this point, really kind, didn't have very much money himself, but knew that we were struggling, that my mam was struggling to afford to buy me a winter coat and put the money through the door, which was wonderfully kind and really generous and it's always stayed with me, but it's also stayed with me because i don't think we should ever get to a point as a society where people have to depend on the charity and goodwil...

Back. i went into grocery stores, and i ran the checkout register over the last several months, and i'd say one out of four people didn't have enough money to pay the bill and turned around and had to put something away or me or somebody else gave them a dollar or two to finish their grocery store bill so they could go home with their purchases. that's the reality now. people cannot get what hay used to get with the dollars in their pocket. they're doing as much as they can, but many of them are sitting there going, man, my kid needs a winter coat. i've got basketball season come up, and my 10...

Back. i went into grocery stores, and i ran the checkout register over the last several months, and i'd say one out of four people didn't have enough money to pay the bill and turned around and had to put something away or me or somebody else gave them a dollar or two to finish their grocery store bill so they could go home with their purchases. that's the reality now. people cannot get what hay used to get with the dollars in their pocket. they're doing as much as they can, but many of them are sitting there going, man, my kid needs a winter coat. i've got basketball season come up, and my 10...

And that's what really made me angry about it all. my mam couldn't work when i was younger and that was in part because there was no access to childcare, which is, sadly, you know, becoming increasingly a problem and is a real priority for me because if we want to make sure that people can play their full contribution in society, then i think that's where government has a role to play in making that as easy as possible. now, where you weren't getting help on benefits, there were other people who had to help even when you were little to get you a coat. yeah, one of our neighbors put a note thro...

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