Watch: "I've got nothing left to sell" : families facing the cost of living squeeze - BBC Newsnight
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Soaring prices of food, energy and other essentials are pushing many UK families to the brink as the winter months approach.
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In the first of a series of films: 'Families on the Frontline', Newsnight spent time with two families to see how the squeeze is being felt by them.
One mother, Kat, is now using her local food bank for the first time having previously donated to it in the past. At home meanwhile, her television and wifi have been disconnected in an effort to save on bills.
Another mother, Sanaa, who has her seventh child on the way, is feeling the strain on the family purse as the price of food and clothing increases.
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In the first of a series of films: 'Families on the Frontline', Newsnight spent time with two families to see how the squeeze is being felt by them.
One mother, Kat, is now using her local food bank for the first time having previously donated to it in the past. At home meanwhile, her television and wifi have been disconnected in an effort to save on bills.
Another mother, Sanaa, who has her seventh child on the way, is feeling the strain on the family purse as the price of food and clothing increases.
#Newsnight #BBCNews #BBC
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight
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Francisco Gimeno - BC Analyst This program is not about people in developing countries in times of economic uncertainty. It is about people among us, and one day we ourselves could be like them. Inflation, job market, lack of skills, social and community problems, and the latest amalgamation of economy, social and geopolitical global problems are pushing all population to tighten the belt, but as always a percentage among the population suffers more. Most of the population scarcely has enough capital to get to the next salary, few have savings, and social networks giving food, shelters and basic help are becoming overwhelmed in supposedly rich economies. Families all around Europe are cutting expenses and tremble on if they will be able to pay heating in winter. And this scarcity seems to be for long, at least until the Ukraine conflict ends in a way or another, or the global economy tarts its recovery. These are bad times. Let's be optimistic however, thinking that bad times tend to her to change the systems, the paradigms, bringing an awakening to something better. Let's fight for the improving of conditions, against those who would prefer a dystopia (usually those who want power for the sake of it).