The poorest families in the UK are having to fork out between £3,000 and £5,600 more this year as the cost-of-living crisis bites, new research from Save the Children has suggested.
Larger families on low incomes have been disproportionately affected by rising costs, meaning they are struggling to buy the goods and services they could afford before the pandemic, and shortfalls rise dramatically when housing costs are considered, the charity said.
