It is four decades since the days when my family would often eat by candlelight, unable to afford our crippling electricity bill.
Back at the council flats where I grew up, on the Kingsmead Estate in Hackney, East London, I’m reminded of those dark days as the cost of living crisis continues to wreak havoc on homes everywhere.
A survey for the Mirror in April laid bare the extent of the hardship that has forced families to ditch non-essentials and change their lifestyles drastically.
