It was overcast in Thetford on the day the Norfolk town’s MP, Liz Truss, was announced as the new Conservative party leader, but the lights remained off in Magda Teixeira’s baby and maternity clothes shop.
“We keep the lights off as much as possible. We’re actually closing down because bills have gone up to £300 a month – we used to pay £50-£70 a month, maybe £100 in winter,” said Teixeira, 34. “On top of that, sales have gone down massively. We spend days without a customer coming in. People are scared of spending and they’re going more for secondhand.”
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