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‘While the wealthiest have the comfort of a bigger safety net than ever, others get payday loans, credit cards and rent arrears.’
‘While the wealthiest have the comfort of a bigger safety net than ever, others get payday loans, credit cards and rent arrears.’
As the cocktail of long-term austerity, rising living costs and a slumping post-Brexit economy hits, what's really frightening is the crisis that is brewing but is barely being noticed.
Look at this week's finding that one in four families now have less than £95 in savings. That's staggering, not simply because it gives an insight into how large swaths of families in Britain are clinging on financially in a climate of low wages, cut benefits and high rents, but also because it offers us a warning of how little it will take to push them over the edge.
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