“We have to choose between eating out or taking our kids to school”


Due to inflation, Kevin, a construction worker, and Nikola, a cleaner, struggle to make a living. Parents of five low-income children say they are living a “real nightmare”.

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Food, gas, electricity… everything went up and the government didn’t care.
asks Kevin from Leeds, UK. , Our kids don’t eat that healthy anymore because food is too expensive. we have to give them ready food “, he admits in an interview with daily Mirror,

“We have to choose between eating out or taking our kids to school”

His children aged 3, 10, 13, 15 and 17 do not attend the same school and driving them every morning represents a huge cost: ” When we applied for financial assistance from the government, we were told to change our children’s schools. But I don’t want them to go to schools near us because they don’t come often Mother explains.

To lighten their gas bill, the couple registered on a waiting list so that they could benefit from financial assistance to pay for the school bus for their children. A transport in the United Kingdom that costs about 90 euros per month.

Meanwhile, the family keeps on gearing up: “ With all the prices going up, we will soon have to choose between eating out or taking our kids to school. “, they conclude.

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