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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Nia Dalton & Liv Clarke

Factory worker, 20, ‘showers at the gym and only eats Pot Noodles’ amid cost of living crisis

A 20-year-old has resorted to showering at the gym and only eats Pot Noodles as he struggles to pay his bills amid the cost of living crisis. Ashley Goudou works 10-hour shifts seven days a week on £6.81 an hour as he tries to make ends meet.

He lives alone in a one-bedroom flat with his four dogs and four rescue cats. The factory worker has to walk an hour in the dark for his night shift as he cannot afford a pedal bike to get to work.

Ashley lives off Pot Noodles as it’s the cheapest meal he can make. He told the Mirror: "I shower at the gym because I can't afford the gas to wash at home. I always worry at the end of the month if I have enough money to feed the dogs - but I'd rather feed them than myself."

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