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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Zoe Wood

Cost of living: 2m households missed bill every month this year

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60% of people surveyed by Which? said they had been forced to make adjustments such as dipping into savings or cutting back on essentials. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

More than 2m households have missed a bill payment every month this year as people struggle to keep their heads above water in a “relentless cost of living crisis”, according to new research from consumer group Which?.

In June an estimated 2.1m households missed or defaulted on at least one mortgage, rent, loan, credit card or bill, according to the consumer champion’s monthly insight tracker. This figure has been above 2 million every month so far this year, it said.

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