A police officer regularly has to ask her mum for help affording to feed her young son and put fuel in her car, despite working as a detective.
Vicky Knight, a detective constable with North Wales Police service, told the Police Federation annual conference that she has 'never felt this poor'.
The 47-year-old spoke of her 'embarrassment' at having to ask family for money just to afford the basics and worries she could lose her home, Devon Live reports.