With parents going without meals to feed their children, and bills rising, residents and councillors talk of the problems they see every day
At a baby bank in Liverpool, Louise cradles her infant in her arms, while volunteers pull donations from the shelves and into a bag; nappies, formula milk, vests and baby-grows.
The 38-year-old is a mother of five, her children aged five months to 13 years; two are visually impaired and one also has epilepsy, another of her children is deaf.