Quarter of UK households regularly run out of money for essentials, survey says

Overall, 6% of people told the charities’ survey they could not pay for essentials most days. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

One in four households regularly run out of money for essentials and voters do not believe the government is doing enough to help, a group of charities have said.

Nearly 40% of people end the month with no money left, while 24% run out of money for essentials either most months or most days, a survey found.