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this data by loughborough university was calculated by looking at the course one year ago of what peopleold energy, setting families back by nearly £130 per month. it is not only energy. transport, childcare, social activities, all of thatis childcare, social activities, all of that is starting to weigh on families. that is leading to difficult decisions for people like stacey, stacey is a single mum of two young children and she told us that she is having to take things like treats and big out of the budget. things like alton towers, taking my nine—year—old to alton towers, we can't do that any more. and they notice the difference as well when their friends at school can go to places like that and i just simply can't afford it. it's really, really affecting me at the minute. mentally, physically as well. i love doing stuff for my kids, i love going out on my days off and making sure they are happy. i can't fulfil that. itjust makes me feel like i am a little less of a mum. i just don't know what i've got to do or what i've got to cut down on to pay the stuff. food has gone up as well. m

new figures from loughborough university suggest that basic goods and services are around £400 a monthrising prices, a decline in wages, and food shortages exacerbated by the war in ukraine. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, joins us from the swiss resort of davos. and a deeply gloomy assessment from the economic forum. yes. and a deeply gloomy assessment from the economic forum.— the economic forum. yes, every day, we hear from — the economic forum. yes, every day, we hear from government _ the economic forum. yes, every day, we hear from government ministers. we hearfrom government ministers saying that the rise in energy prices, the riding food —— met the rising food prices is down to global factors. well, this place is exactly the sort of place where you might think you might find solutions. you have four dozen world leaders, hundreds of business people and bankers. but the fear is that there is not a short—term solution to some of these higher prices. and more than that, we are hearing, that there is a fear that certainly as regards russia's invasion of ukraine, some of the norm

here are defined by the minimum income standard, so what happens is a group of academics at loughborough university, so this will be for food, clothing, travel, things like that, and they then kind of compare this to average prices across the uk. 50 then kind of compare this to average prices across the uk.— prices across the uk. so who is feelin: it prices across the uk. so who is feeling it the — prices across the uk. so who is feeling it the hardest? - prices across the uk. so who is feeling it the hardest? well, i prices across the uk. so who is l feeling it the hardest? well, who prices across the uk. so who is - feeling it the hardest? well, who is feelin: it feeling it the hardest? well, who is feeling it the _ feeling it the hardest? well, who is feeling it the hardest, _ feeling it the hardest? well, who is feeling it the hardest, that - feeling it the hardest? well, who is feeling it the hardest, that is - feeling it the hardest? well, who is feeling it the hardest, that is the i feeling it the hardest, that is the interesting point, because at the very bottom of the income spectrum, that

research that put some hard figures on to that, some numbers, and the data has come from the university of loughboroughst to afford the bare minimum. within that, it will not surprise you that household energy is playing a huge part, going up significantly and thatis part, going up significantly and that is really adding to the strain on families. it is notjust household energy, it is things like travel, childcare, social activities, all of that, the cuts have gone up sharply. that is forcing people like stacey into difficult decisions. she is a single mother of two from leicester and she told us she is having to take things like treats and big days out from the budget. things like alton towers, taking my nine—year—old to alton towers, we can't do that any more. and they notice the difference as well when their friends at school can go to places like that and ijust simply can't afford it. it's really, really affecting me at the minute. mentally, physically as well. i love doing stuff for my kids, i love going out on my days off and making sure they are happy. i can't fulfil that. itjust makes me feel l

we have some research from the university of loughborough.in that's leading to difficult decisions for people like stacey. stacey is a single mother from leicester with two children and she told us she decided to take treats and the big days out out of her budget. and the big days out out of her bud . et. , and the big days out out of her budaet. , .. and the big days out out of her budaet. , ~' �* ., and the big days out out of her budaet. , ~ ~ ., ., , budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that — budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that any _ budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that any more _ budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that any more and _ budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that any more and they - budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that any more and they are l can't do that any more and they are noticing the difference as well. their friends from school can go but we can't afford it. it's really affecting me at the minute, mentally and physically, as well. i love doing st

she is not alone, a study released by marie curie and loughborough university found one in four scotsthat more than 8000 people each year will die in poverty in scotland. the charity is going from action from both scottish and uk governments to help those like melanie. we are calling on the scottish government to ensure that when the winter heating assistance is rolled out much later this year, that it is available and eligible for all to many people, even those under 65, and for the uk government, we are really calling on them to make the state pension available to terminally ill people of working age to ensure that nobody dies in poverty, and they are not experiencing and beilpajah. the scottish government said it is interested in a number of measures, including a time requirement to fast—track benefit requirements. the uk government said it has fast tracking access to ensure more people get help at the end of life, sooner. i am trying to make memories with my son before i die, to do things that we have done together as a family so he has something to remember me and others by. in r