Austerity is biting.
Inflation may be edging down, but living costs are rising and pay freezes mean that family budgets are being increasingly squeezed.
The rising price of energy and food in particular means that a typical UK household would need to spend an extra £1243 a year to maintain their standard of living from a year ago, according to calculations by MGM Advantage.
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