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[email protected] Facebook /WalthamForestEcho Tweet @WFEcho FOREST ECHO Visit walthamforestecho.co.uk Comment News Features Events Features Why a Living Wage is Tenant faces eviction Leytonstone school reveals A new project will Newcomer to Walthamstow essential for all workers after raising fire safety contents of 119-year-old explore the local history speaks to locals about in Waltham Forest fears with council time capsule of a musical genre how the area is changing P . 2 P . 3 P . 7 P . 13 P . 14 Children's use of foodbank doubles Backing for Warning from Chingford church pastor after big rise in families needing handouts People's Vote ouncillors in Waltham Forest problems with benefit payments. have voted to back calls for Domestic violence was said to be Ca 'People's Vote' on Brexit. a factor in ten percent of refer- The move was supported by the rals, while another ten percent of ruling Labour administration, but people had been given foodbank opposed by the Conservative oppo- tokens by medical professionals. sition, in an often fractious debate at Forty percent of referrals were Waltham Forest Town Hall. made by Waltham Forest Council. Councillor Clare Coghill, the Unemployment was listed as a council leader, told the meeting: reason for referral to the food- “The problem with Brexit is Brexit, bank in one-in-five cases, suggest- and the people of Waltham Forest ing most people were struggling agree. They understand that it means to buy food despite having a job. struggling to fund public services, Rev Simms added: “We see it as isolation for small businesses, and our duty and our privilege to help families with EU citizens worrying meet people's immediate needs about their future.” in times of crisis, but the figures In the June 2016 referendum, 59 are alarming and action must be percent of voters in Waltham Forest taken to address the root causes backed remaining in the EU.