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Shop workers experiencing financial hardship and job insecurity, says charity
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theguardian.comA hardship charity once chaired by Charles Dickens says shop workers are seeking its help due to the financial pain caused by the end of the universal credit uplift, fewer hours and the absence of sick pay.
The Fashion and Textile Children’s Trust (FTCT) steps in to assist children whose parents work in the fashion industry but are struggling to make ends meet.
Anna Pangbourne, the charity’s chief executive, said the drop in visitors to stores and shopping centres this Christmas and speculation about new Covid restrictions were causing fresh anxiety about job security.
The withdrawal of the £20-a-week universal credit top-up, which was introduced after the first lockdown, had been a “shock” for families, some of whom had got into debt during
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