Access All: Disability News and Mental Health - “People have turned off their fridges to save money”

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Inflation went up by 10% over the last year, driven mostly by rising food prices, prompting disability charities to call on the government to avoid “disaster” and raise benefits in-line with it. Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey chat to Emma from Bristol, who is deafblind, and says she is in debt because her benefits no longer cover her bills. And James Taylor, director of strategy at the charity Scope, reveals he knows people who have started turning off their fridges to save money.

Nikki and Emma talk about their appearance at the BBC’s Castfest event in the BBC’s historic Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House in London. Fans of Access All, Newscast, Americast and Ukrainecast watched live recordings of the BBC’s flagship news podcasts. It took place 100 years to the day since the British Broadcasting Company, as the BBC was originally called, was formed in 1922.

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Hosts: Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey
Producers: Keiligh Baker, Amy Elizabeth
Recording / mixing: Dave O'Neill
Series Producer: Beth Rose
Senior News Editor: Jonathan Aspinwall

Published on Friday, 21st October 2022.

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