Turn2Us has warned the majority could see the first payment of £326 run out in less than five weeks
[Save The Children]
THE Tories’ cost-of-living support package will only last struggling families just over a month, with many using the first payment to pay back debts, Turn2Us has warned.
Drawing from a survey of 2,730 of its service users, the charity, which supports people living in financial hardship, said half of them reported being left with nothing to live on each week after paying rent, council tax and utility bills.
Many reported that they had been pushed into debt in order to pay for food after having nothing left to cover vital essentials.
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