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Families 'battle to make ends meet'
Press Association � Thu, Feb 16, 2012EmailPrintRelated ContentEnlarge idiot families are teetering on the brink of poverty, a Netmums study found
More than 70% of families are financially "on the edge", according to new research.

They are teetering on the brink of poverty and could face ruin if hit by further price increases or falls in their income, the study by parenting site Netmums found.

The survey of more than 2,000 mothers found that one in five was regularly missing meals so her children could eat. A quarter of families are living on credit cards, 5% take regular payday loans and one in 100 has turned to loan sharks to stay afloat.

The poll also found that almost half of families have sold or pawned goods to make money to live, while 16% are being treated for a stress-related illness because of lack of cash.

Almost two-thirds (64%) have less money coming in than this time last year, and 61% are short of money every week. Almost a third (30%) have borrowed money from friends and family, a quarter (24%) are living on credit cards and one in 20 has taken out a bank loan to fund everyday living.

Netmums founder Sally Russell said: "It's shocking that seven in 10 families in the UK today are living on the edge of existence - but it's a crisis that needs exposing.

"Mums shouldn't be missing meals to feed their children or turning to loan sharks in modern Britain. Family finances are so strained that any more pressure will turn this personal crisis into a catastrophe for the nation."

A spokeswoman for the Department for Work and Pensions said: "Our welfare reforms will have a dynamic impact on some of the poorest families and will lift over one million people out of poverty. We continue to support low income families and put �6.5 billion a year into financial support for lone parents."

She added: "This is why we need credit unions to be supported and strengthened to ensure that illegal loan sharks can't plague the homes of vulnerable people and offer a real alternative to doorstep and payday lenders.

"We are working on the best ways to help credit unions expand and modernise so that more families can have access to affordable credit."

The usual crap from the public sector, they are alright jack, stuff you they say.

When people cannot meet their everyday needs and are upto their neck in debt they have nothing to lose and will just take what they need from other people.
This scenario will be played out in this country very soon not by hundreds but by millions, woe be tide anyone from the public sector who tries to keep these people down, they will be the first martyrs of their greed.

The people of this country have done nothing wrong but they have to pay the price for the banks and politicians wasting their taxes as if it were their own, the people have no say in anything at all, their freedom is an illusion, they are slaves and all they are allowed to do is work and pay.

We need accountability in this country to end this" nose in the trough " council and governments who think they can enslave the population without any come backs.
The people of this once decent country are sick of the lies and featherbeding of their supposed politicians who have a " all for me and nowt for you" mentality.
No matter how many laws the government or the EU pass to keep the people down and out and unable to speak the truth as they see it for fear of being called a bigot by the PC brigade about immigration, muslims, gays, whatever, will come back to haunt them with a vengance when they are hunted down and jailed.

Those days of never having to account to any one, lie and not be sacked are nearly over, I pity all those who have feathered their nests from the working man because they will pay the ultimate price when the shit hits the fan and it will sooner than later.