Beyond Food and Fuel: Working Families', Hidden Struggles

Vic and Mark welcome Hayley, Assistant Chief Executive at Citizens Advice Manchester, for a candid conversation about the changing face of financial hardship in Britain today.

The discussion reveals a troubling shift in who's seeking support – it's no longer just people out of work, but increasingly those in employment who find themselves unable to make ends meet. "People who are in quotation, quotation marks, doing everything right," as Hayley puts it, yet still facing impossible financial choices. Many have depleted any savings buffer they once had and are now cutting back "to the bone" just to survive.