Recently scientists have said if there is a two degree rise in average temperatures a continuing rise may then be unstoppable.

There have been continuing cuts to council services, children’s services and adult services to those people who are struggling.

What do you do when you can’t cope financially or emotionally? Where do you go for help? The Government has removed the money that provided help so now you’re on your own.

There is always somebody with a little something to ease the pain. The figures show high employment and low unemployment.

There are no figures for the people in between: the many thousands that have given up looking for a job when they get sanctioned for failing to meet criteria and get no money. Ho do they spend their lives?

The true cost of austerity is now being reflected in the crime figures where they are now recorded properly. For many people in this country, especially the young, there is no hope, no help.

Drugs are used to cope with everything, crime is a way to fund their lives. Like rising temperatures, if nothing is done it will become unstoppable.

Chris Mangham,

Lindsey Avenue,

Acomb, York