But with the UK’s average salary of £29,669 somewhat short of this, many feel they are being pushed ever closer to hygiene poverty. The scale of the current cost of living crisis has been illustrated after a survey of 2,000 adults found one in four people living alone are struggling with the current financial crisis. As a result, 56 per cent of those have had to make difficult decisions, such as whether to pay their rent over buying food or hygiene items. And 52 per cent of that same demographic... Read this story at www.northantstelegraph.co.uk , www.derryjournal.com , www.thestar.co.uk
