HARD-PRESSED Sun readers were yesterday served up a Black Thursday of economic doom. Recession is coming, interest rates have been increased to 1.75 per cent and inflation is forecast to hit a puni…
“I don’t buy expensive stuff and only go for what’s on offer. If what’s on my shopping list isn’t on offer then the kids have to do without.”, said she barely sees her 51-year-old husband Tony as she works all hours to make ends meet.
Mandy, mum to nine-year-old son Taylor, said: “I love my job, it’s so rewarding and I do love giving back.Intensive care nurse Mandy Coles, 38, from Tavistock, Devon, said she barely sees her 51-year-old husband Tony as she works all hours to make ends meet“But I’m working 50-hour weeks plus overtime to afford the price hikes and Tony and I are like ships in the night.
“The last two nights I haven’t got home until 9pm after starting work at 7am. Taylor is waiting up because he hasn’t seen me all day and all he sees is Mummy working. There’s no balance.”consultant, while Tony brings in £25,000 as a factory operative, but the family is feeling the pinch.— I was paying £250 a month but it’s risen to £320 since January. My utility bills have already gone up by at least a third.
She lives off her state pension and her earnings as a self-employed artist which come to about £12,000 a year.Pensioner Lizzie Rowe, 67, of Fenham, Newcastle, worries how she will afford to heat her home this winterShe says her food bill has risen by a quarter, costing an extra £60 a month, while her gas bill has also soared.“At the moment, I am able to live off my pension as it’s warm. But it’s October to January I worry about.
“Housing, especially in London, is already so unaffordable and this crisis will just make it so much harder to save up and afford a home.Account executive Theo Reid, 24, from South London, says he worries about saving up to afford his own home
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