Nicola sturgeon has been accused of “failing to grasp” an “epidemic of working poverty” set to engulf Scotland within months.
The Bank of England has warned the economy will slump into recession later this year, crippling thousands with a devastating combination of eye-watering energy bills, mortgage rate hikes and inflation of 13 per cent. The Sunday Mail can reveal one pensioner living in a semi-detached family home in Edinburgh has seen her annual gas and electricity charges double to a staggering £6087.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal 25 per cent of people lived in fear of not being able to make mortgage payments even before Friday’s interest rate hike. Meanwhile 41 per cent admitted cutting back on food and 39 per cent said they were struggling with fuel costs.
