A single mum says, despite household energy subsidies, increasing costs keep her awake at night.
Donna, a mother of four who lives in Clacton-on-Sea, said her rent is rising from £995 to £1,195A single mother-of-four says she is having to consider whether or not to feed herself some nights so she has enough to feed her children, despite government energy subsidies saving £900 a year for a "typical" household. BBC Politics East has been looking at how price rises are hitting people and businesses.
"When the children are at their dad's, I don't eat. I think, what is the point of turning the electricity on to cook something? What's the point of feeding myself?"I'm not the only one. People will choose to feed their children, not feed themselves."The Right Reverend Martin Seeley sits in the House of Lords
"I think the provisions like the energy price cap, like the cost of living allowances that are being provided are not really reaching those in greatest need. I think more could be done to target what is being provided to reach those in greatest need. "Every single one of our costs has increased, two-fold, three-fold or four-fold [recently]. Our raw material costs have increased by more than 300%," he said.Mr Moss said the business could ride the storm and sacrifice profits, but that would mean no investment, and no investment meant no growth.
"As part of the Campaign for Pubs one of the things we've called for is the reduction of VAT [value added tax]," she said.
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