A single mum who lives on one meal a day and has been hospitalised twice for malnutrition says the 10.1% inflation rate will cripple her family - and she might have to start begging. Kelly Thomson, 43, lives on £40 per week to feed herself and her two kids - and says inflation hikes have already crippled her struggling family.
Although Kelly's universal credit covers her £1,300 monthly rent and a few other costs, she says she has just £160 a month left for everything else. The mum-of-two said rising food prices have made it near impossible for her to feed herself as well as her own kids.
She has lost two stone in weight because she only eats once a day, and was forced to take her daughter's birthday gift to Cash Converters to get money for food. Twice she has ended up in hospital suffering with malnutrition, she claims - even needing blood transfusions to replenish her depleted iron levels because she can't afford fresh food.
