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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josie Clarke

Pensioner, 72, says affording household bills ‘becoming impossible’

Melanie Roberts said she is still working as the state pension did not cover her basic outgoings (Melanie Roberts/PA) -

Pensioner Melanie Roberts continues to work at 72 years old to cover her living costs but says bills are rising so much “it’s becoming impossible” to afford them.

Ms Roberts owns her home near Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire, where she has lived rurally for almost 40 years and paid off the mortgage.

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