By: Ben Chapman
September 27, 2019
One in five workers has skipped meals over the past year to make ends meet, according to research by the Trades Union Congress.
When asked the same question two years ago, one in eight respondents said they had gone without food because they were short of money.
This year almost a fifth said they have gone without heating because they were unable to pay for it, while a similar proportion said they had pawned or sold possessions to pay the bills.
Of 2,700 people polled, 30 per cent said they would not be able to pay an unexpected £500 bill – up from 24 per cent in 2017.
Two-fifths of respondents said their biggest concern about work was that their pay was not keeping up with living costs, while one in 10 said they had been unable to pay their rent or mortgage on time.