Poverty-stricken Brits have sold their wedding ring to top up the electric meter and ripped up and burned floorboards to boil a kettle, a report says today.
Researchers looked at grim lengths the worst-hit people are pushed to by the cost-of-living crisis - and branded the benefit system a “debt collector” making things worse.
In 40 in-depth interviews with Leeds residents in poverty, one woman said: “I actually sold my wedding ring and engagement ring just so I can top up the electric”.
