A single mum has racked up £10,000 in debt as a result of the cost of living crisis which is affecting families across the UK.
June Butterworth, 44, had to switch from her job as a carer, a job she had been in her whole working life, to a cleaner working reduced hours at a care home to look after her unwell elderly mother.
June, from Lancashire, has accumulated the mass debt and has taken out payday loans for necessities as her bills skyrocket, Lancs Live reports.Her debt for gas and electric escalated to more than £1,000 causing her to cancel a direct debit with the company and use pay as you go instead.For a mother of two, the sudden hike in the cost of living hit like a bombshell.“When I heard the news that the cost of living was rising I was shocked,” said June.“It is a nightmare to keep on top of.
How are people supposed to survive? I can’t stop crying because you work all your life...it’s hard."The future is looking like bankruptcy and I didn’t think this could happen to me.
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