Cost of living crisis continues

As the cost of living crisis continues with interest rates increasing to 5.25%. The focus is often on the impact to mortgage holders. But this analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows some worrying impacts for the lowest income households with 2.3M families needing to take on new lending to pay their rent or energy bills.

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https://www.jrf.org.uk/press/fact-sheet-dangerous-new-phase-families-debt-uks-economic-insecurity-numbers