Struggling Families ?

[itchycopark]

i keep hearing on radio and other media about charities needing help money wise for struggling families ,well nothing has really gone up yet in price ,food marginal council tax marginal electric /gas yes but only just from April ,if they are struggling and i dont see this around me (ex mining town) god help them when power and gas go up in august
is it all blown out of proportion ?

[bednobs]

i disagree about your use of the word marginal

[THECORBYLOON]

"Impact on households

83% of adults in the UK reported an increase in their cost of living in March 2022.

The Office for Budget Responsibility expects household post-tax incomes adjusted for inflation to start falling in Q2 2022 and not recover until Q3 2024.

Low-income households spend a larger proportion than average on energy and food so will be more affected by price increases. The Resolution Foundation estimates that an extra 1.3 million people will fall into absolute poverty in 2023, including 500,000 children."

You're lucky enough to be one of those not experiencing an increase.

[douglas9401]

A sense of proportion has never been a media strong suit.

[davebro]

//well nothing has really gone up yet in price//

Yes it has e.g. bread 75p to 89p, ready meals £2.69 to £3.15, gas & electric £60 pm to £90 pm, newspapers seem to go up by 10p per week!
Either you don't shop or walk around with your eyes closed.

[pastafreak]

I'd say my energy costs were going up from last autumn....and definitely from the start of April. And it's just me here...no other bodies to help keep the place warm. I am dreading the October increases...even with help I get from the government.
Food and household items have been rising...maybe pence at a time...but that can easily be a few £ a week. (Not just my food, but the cats also.)

[maggiebee]

I have noticed many price rises in the supermarket. Prices don't seem to be rising by just 1 or 2 pence per item but by 10/15 pence. Even my bird food went up from £1.99 per bag to £2.49 in a week. Many families on fixed incomes will struggle.

[THECORBYLOON]

Even if prices of certain items have not increased, their sizes might have been reduced so you get less for your money.

[goodgoalie]

I too keep hearing about 'struggling families' or 'hard-working families', but what about the millions who live on their own, many with just the basic pension to live on?

[naomi24]

Prices are rising but if the price of fuel rises so must everything else. Some people will struggle.

[Patsy33]

Shakes head..

[itchycopark]

Well im glad i live in area my food not increaed by a lot here depends on bread of course tesco hi fibre 800 gram £1.40 white basic bread much cheaper of course and electric has only gone up on your direct debit does not mean to say that is what you actually use you can decrease your monthly charge after your first new bill after the increase if your not using what they charging you monthly and bird we buy that from b&m dirt cheap and good quality dried worms and all

[pastafreak]

I sometimes think they get forgotten gg.

[tiggerblue10]

Luckily I'm not struggling but my energy bill has gone up by around £50 from April. My weekly shop where I get mostly the same stuff has gone up by around £30-40. And my has gone done down by £17 due to an increase in NI contributions. But as I said, I'm lucky I'm not struggling as I don't have a mortgage or pay rent - house owned outright. If I did have to pay that as well I probably might struggle a bit. There are people/households on low incomes who will struggle with these increases.

[Paigntonian]

I just wish that the media didn't continue to use the phrase 'Cost of Living Crisis'. It is an emotive term, contrived by the Left. In the Seventies, when we had price increases and rampant inflation, the media used phrases like 'Rising Prices' and 'high inflation'.

[tiggerblue10]

*pay has gone down due to increase in NI contributions

[itchycopark]

THECORBYLOON what is absolute poverty? death by starvation i would say.... the definition of poverty has been changed over the years when i was born poverty was "poverty" im 78 kids lived in houses with no running water and raggy arsed trousers to school, and cant ever say we were not happy cos we knew no different

[itchycopark]

food gone up by around £30-40 ???

[Ken4155]

Go on then, itchy, which one are you?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=4+yorkshireman+sketch&cvid=eff63a1a2feb438884341f6c6acb5e8e&aqs=edge..69i57j0l3.9979j0j1&pglt=43&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=LCTS

[pastafreak]

Poverty is relative, and it's not right to compare life now to either when you "were a lad" or to third world countries. What's happening now is that most people are finding that their income isn't going as far as it did a year ago...and most people will spend according to that income. Now, they either buy less, or buy cheaper. Families at the bottom of the income pile may have nowhere to go and can't cut back much more.

[itchycopark]

I'm not a Yorkshire man so not relevant