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Anita McSorley & James Hockaday

Mum living off €5 a week surviving on pancakes and may need to euthanise pet dog

A struggling mum has told how she sometimes goes days without food as she tries to survive with just €19 per month in benefits.

Julie Harper, 52, worked for Marks and Spencer until she was made redundant during the pandemic. She's been struggling to make ends meet since and says shes "at the end of my tether".

She now dreads being evicted from her home in Worcester, England and is even considering having her dog put down in order to keep costs down.

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