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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

Third of Londoners struggle to pay bills amid increase in household costs

London mayor Sadiq Khan said the survey published on Tuesday highlighted the burden of rising food, energy and fuel costs. (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Almost 80 per cent of Londoners say their household bills have increased over the last six months, a new poll for City Hall has revealed.

A third have struggled to pay bills while one in eight have gone without essentials or have had to take out loans to make ends meet, YouGov found.

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