Four million people forced into debt to pay for heating and food, new report finds

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Around 860,000 children are living in households who can’t afford the essentials

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“The other day I helped a nurse who is struggling to make ends meet, even though she is working overtime”, says Yvonne Parks, a debt team manager at Citizens Advice South Gloucestershire. “Her rent is over half her take-home pay – and that is not unusual.”