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CHOOSING between heating or eating [...]

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Vincent
Published date12 August 2022
Publication titleExpress, The/The Express on Sunday
That is why Government must act urgently to double the support to those who are struggling most with the cost of living

Family budgets are now at breaking point. A recent Joseph Rowntree Foundation poll found seven million poorer households were already going without at least one essential - avoiding meals, not heating their homes, skipping showers and going without basic toiletries.

We also saw people using credit to pay bills in some cases. The average energy bill is now expected to exceed £4,200 annually from January, but it's not just energy on the up - the prices of basics like eggs, butter and pasta are soaring.

For families who are already experts in budgeting on low incomes after a decade of cuts and social security freezes, buying only the essentials is an option they exhausted long ago.

We estimate poorer working-age households will typically see their overall living costs rise by £2,800 between April 2022 and April 2023.

So far, the Government's...

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