Linda Campbell has loved "every minute" of her 12 years as a carer but she doesn't expect to be in the job much longer. Soaring fuel prices mean she simply won't be able to keep covering her huge patch of west Wales, she said.
The 69-year-old from Ceredigion drives around 930 miles a month to get to clients' homes, many of them in isolated rural areas. When we asked if she expects to continue in the long-term, she said: "No, really not. I can't afford to and that's the bottom line."
Linda is far from alone in suffering life-changing consequences from the fuel cost crisis which has seen petrol prices rise by 24p a litre on average (to 182.31p) and diesel by 30p (to 188.05p) since late February. The cost of filling an average family car has reached £100.27 for petrol and £103.43 for diesel as demand for non-Russian crude oil has grown and the pound has struggled against the dollar.
