(02 May 2015, 1:13 pm)aureolin wrote The thing is that some people will be thinking "Oh it's just 10p","It's just 50p" etc, but it's all contributing towards a very worrying trend. The Trussell Trust published their mid year statistics for 2014-15, showing that in 2014-15, an alarming 22.04% of referrals to their food banks were in fact those on low incomes. Up from 16% in the last period.
This isn't an optional extra like pay-TV or a mobile phone plan that you can go without. Public transport is a necessity to some, preventing their low income from becoming a no-income.
Network Ticketing, SNE and now GNE - all by the same 10p margin, but differing percentage increases, due to the original pricing. But all above inflation and during a spell of almost deflation.
Not good.