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Kate Pounds & Laura Sharman

Desperate single mum earning £40 a week eats one meal a day amid cost of living crisis

A single mum has revealed how she is surviving on just one meal a day and has to use candles to light her home amid the rising cost of living.

Kelly Thomson, 43, said she has been struggling to get by on just £40 per week since getting long Covid in December 2020 when she was signed off from her job as a cleaner.

Although Universal Credit covers her £1,300 monthly rental and a few other costs, Kelly said she is left with around £160 to live on in Slough, Berkshire.

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