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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Val Savage

'When loo rolls seem like luxury items, we know our economy has gone down the pan'

Talk of the mini-budget with all the shorting of the pound and cancelling of tax rates, the IMF and OBR goes straight over my head.

All I know, for sure, is that shop prices and household bills are rocketing. Things are bad when Greggs add extra pennies to their pastries and I start to question whether I can afford my favourite M&S rhubarb jam at £2.50 a jar.

When loo rolls seem like luxury items, we know our economy has gone down the pan.

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