One in seven in UK is struggling financially

Published date10 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Renters, single adults with children, adults from a minority ethnic background and people living in the north east of England were particularly likely to be in financial difficulty, as were unemployed adults and others not in work such as the long-term sick and full-time carers

Across the research, one in seven (around 7.4 million UK adults) felt heavily burdened keeping up with domestic bills and credit commitments at the start of 2024 - an improvement on the one in five in 2023, but still higher than the 5.8 million (11%) who were struggling in

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