Local charities say food parcels contain doubled in a year as people used to earning qualified money in the oil and gas sector contain fallen on hard timesFormer oil workers are queuing up to spend food banks in Aberdeen,formerly one of the UK’s most prosperous cities, as 12-year lows in the price of crude this week propel the North Sea industry deeper into crisis.
Hundreds of staff are being laid off every week as producers, or drillers and service companies slash their spending in moves which are hurting local businesses,from estate agents to hoteliers and taxi drivers.
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Source: theguardian.com