A police officer regularly has to ask her mum for help affording to feed her young son and put fuel in her car, despite working as a detective.
Vicky Knight, a detective constable with North Wales Police service, told the Police Federation annual conference that she has 'never felt this poor'.
The 47-year-old spoke of her 'embarrassment' at having to ask family for money just to afford the basics and worries she could lose her home, Devon Live reports.
She added that others are in the same boat, with herself and colleagues “desperately struggling to do the job that we love and to make ends meet”.The Police Federation rep questioned the Home Secretary - who was told to "put her money where her mouth is" at the conference.“I have never known it to be this bad in 23 years’ service.
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