//...plenty of slots for all the supermarkets round here, where are you based?//
I had a delivery arranged for last Wednesday. Secured the slot OK about ten days previously and ordered my goods. Went back into the order last Sunday to add another few items. I then discovered that so many items on my original order were now unavailable that it had halved in price and almost halved in the number of items. The unavailable stuff was nothing unusual or even items that were likely to have suffered from the recent round of imbecilic "panic buying." Things like cooking oil, flavoured water, biscuits and even tea bags were all off. So I cancelled the lot.
//...the goverment web site say's "do not go out to get food and medicine – order it online or by phone//
And the law says
“P may not leave the place specified in sub-paragraph (a) except where necessary—
(vi) to obtain basic necessities, such as food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including any pets or animals in the household) where it is not possible to obtain these provisions in any other manner,”
I have a number of basic necessities which it is not possible to obtain by any means other than me going to a shop.
//Contact your council or councilor to ask what help there is locally.//
The answer to that (for me) is “nothing whatsoever.” Here’s their information:
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We will consider whether your needs:
1. arise from or are related to a physical or mental impairment or illness
2. make you unable to achieve two or more specified outcomes
3. as a result of being unable to meet these outcomes, there is likely to be a significant impact on your wellbeing
Your needs are only eligible where you meet all three of these conditions.
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I can achieve all of the “specified outcomes” listed so that’s me stuffed. In any case by the time my LA (whose services seem severely curtailed at present “because of Coronavirus”) had considered my eligibility I would long since have died of starvation.
Quite honestly it is ludicrous to expect people to suddenly go under house arrest at the drop of a hat in order to prevent the spread of a disease from which the vast, vast majority of people contracting it will see either mild or no symptoms. Regrettably it is symptomatic of the collective lunacy that has gripped the country.