The amount of money Northern Ireland’s lowest income families have left after they’ve paid their bills continues to plummet, latest figures show.
The Consumer Council’s Northern Ireland Household Expenditure Tracker shows the lowest earning households have seen their ‘discretionary income’ fall by 46.7% in the last year - from £37.11 to just £19.78 a week.
The Council’s figures show that in Q3 2022 (July, August and September), Northern Ireland’s lowest earning households:
