School staff have been reduced to skipping meals and avoiding public transport as they feel the crunch of the cost of living crisis.
UK inflation has climbed to 9.1% as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household finances - which is expected to hit 11% by the end of the year.
Three quarters of families, or 21million households, will see the cost-of-living outstrip their incomes by the autumn, analysts have warned, adding that Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has been urged to do more to help households.
