Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag admits does not know why the squad's standards have regressed this season and admitted some players did not run "in the right moments" in the defeat to Bayern Munich
03.09.2023 - 03:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man rests on a stool in Rochdale town centre, a sign propped up by his feet. ‘Shoe shine,’ it reads. ‘Donations welcome’.
He watches legs walk by with a blank stare, only glancing up to give the occasional smile.
A few metres away, a beggar sits in an empty shop doorway. Aside from a few copper coins, his cup remains empty by late afternoon.
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Peter O’Gorman thinks it’s a sign of the times. “It’s terrible,” the shopper says as he takes a break outside B&M.
“Everywhere you go in Rochdale you see someone begging. Every time you come here, you see someone new.”
The 65-year-old thinks rising costs have pushed people to the point of desperation.
While price rises in UK shops have fallen to their lowest rate in almost a year, it’s still not enough for those struggling to put food on the table.
New data from the British Retail Consortium shows shop price 6.9 per cent in the year to August, down from 7.6 per cent in July.
That’s below the three-month average rate of 7.7 per cent – the lowest rate of inflation since October 2022. That means that prices aren't rising by quite as much as they were - but they're still rising.
Rochdale resident Peter, 65, thinks more needs to be done to stop “making the poor poorer”.
“[Food] is very dear,” he told the Manchester Evening News. “It goes up every time you go in. You could get three or four bags of shopping with what they’re charging now.
“I live on my own and I’m comfortable with money, but it’s a worry. I feel let down. They’re going to keep making the rich richer and the poor poorer.
“I already suffer with depression and it doesn’t help. It’s just gone crazy. It’s gone
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag admits does not know why the squad's standards have regressed this season and admitted some players did not run "in the right moments" in the defeat to Bayern Munich
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