Citizens Advice poll finds 37% said monthly increase would be difficult or impossible as people resort to eating cold meals
Photograph: Windmill Images/AlamyPhotograph: Windmill Images/AlamyMore than a third of UK adults would find it difficult or impossible to cope with a £20 increase in their monthly outgoings, as the cost of living crisis hits household finances.
The charity said people were increasingly resorting to desperate measures to get by, for example by eating only cold meals. It supported a record number of people in December, helping them access emergency grants and referring them to food banks.that more people were using candles or not putting the cooker on “because they’re scared of the bills”.
The Citizens Advice survey, of 2,000 UK adults by Public First between 5 and 9 December, showed nearly a quarter had spent more money on essentials such as food, toiletries and energy, than they had coming in over the past three months. A third of people said they had to dip into their savings in the last three months to get by, but more than half of this group said they had either run out of savings or expected to do so in the next three months.
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