People on lower incomes are having to sell their cars amid the cost-of-living crisis, according to an AA survey of 15,000 drivers, the company’s president Edmund King has said. His comments came as the cost of filling up the average family car soared past £100 for the first time.
Mr King told BBC Radio 4’s World At One programme: “We did a survey of 15,000 drivers and 2% of those on low incomes are actually having to give up their cars. And 27% on low incomes are actually having to cut back on their food bills, because they live in rural areas, they need their car to get to work and there is no public transport.
“So, it’s having a much broader effect across the whole economy, and the whole economy and businesses are suffering as a result.”
