No mum should have to choose between keeping the lights on today and ensuring a safe tomorrow for their children. But that’s the impossible choice hospital cleaner Judith Thorpe was forced into, crippled by money worries over skyrocketing bills.
Struggling on a low wage of £14,500 a year, she cashed in her meagre NHS pension to help pay her rapidly rising bills.
Family members said Judith would do anything for her two teenage daughters.