Low-income households spend an average of £2.10 per person per day on groceries, having cut their daily food budget drastically since the summer, according to the latest instalment of a survey on the impact of welfare reform. The detailed survey of more than 87 families found that a third said they now spent less than £20 a week on food, partly to cope with spiralling gas and electricity bills, while more than half said they had no money left once bills were paid. A combination of shrinking incomes and rising living costs, coupled with high personal debts meant the "reality of everyday life has got tougher" for low-income families since April when a series of welfare changes, such as the...
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