Showing the effect of the cost of living crisis can be hard. We feel it in our pockets, each time we’re at the supermarket and petrol station. But it’s difficult to see what it means for other people.
To bring home how stretched things are. Today, the crisis has a human face. Judith Thorpe’s story brings home how real this all is.
Judith, a hospital cleaner, was a victim of the broken energy market. Her fuel bills rising from £45 to £110 a month tore apart her delicate finances.
