Period poverty is at its worst in Brighton and Hove – where a staggering 46 per cent of women and girls say there are times they are unable to afford basic sanitary protection.
The study of 2,000 females, who menstruate, revealed the 10 cities in the UK which are hardest hit by this widespread issue – including Oxford (40 per cent) and Birmingham (34 per cent).
And those in Cambridge and York (32 per cent respectively) also admit there are some months when they struggle.
