With the squeezed middle in the heart of Britain
On the day of the Autumn Statement 2011, the reporter in this piece spent the day at Haltwhistle, a market town in Northumberland that apparently stands at the very centre of Britain.
This article captures a range of perspectives on the announcements made by the Chancellor: from the “we are lucky because we are selling food and you can cut down on a lot of things, but you’ll always have to eat” comment from the game and fish shop owner to the potential closure of the youth project and older person’s lunch club as a result of austerity measures.
You can read the Autumn Statement in full here: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/as2011_index.htm