Apprentices can’t afford deodorant, are lugging heavy construction tools on buses for hours and are choosing between essentials like food and fuel because of the cost of living crisis.
Young trades workers are telling how they have cut back on groceries, struggle to pay rent and work extra hours in the evenings and over weekends just to make ends meet.
And some are leaving the training courses for vital trades, which the country desperately needs, because they can’t afford to keep up with the soaring cost of living.
