Nine in 10 families are worried about price of back-to-school essentials as inflation continues to bite, research has found

Budgeting for Laura, a single mother of four, often means deciding between buying enough food or paying her electricity bill on time.

“Some weeks we’re good, some weeks we’re down and I have to go into the community and ask for vouchers,” she says. The down weeks have been happening more since the pandemic.

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