Alan Marland approaches the cash machine, pulls out his bank card and pushes it into the plastic slot.
A message pops up on the screen as he goes to withdraw £10. ‘Insufficient funds,’ it reads. His legs go weak. His head is spinning. He’s hit by an overwhelming sense of dread.
That money was all he had in the world. The dad was forced to sell his home in 2017 after losing his decorating job and he had been living off the £40k profit ever since.
