The number of people running out of money each month has trebled in the last four years, according to Citizens Advice experts.
In 2023, debt advisors in the Bristol area helped many who have a “negative budget”, despite working additional jobs to try and make ends meet.
That figure had risen from 341 in 2019 to 1,061.
Chantal Watts, of South Gloucestershire Citizens’ Advice, said: “These people’s backs are against the wall.”
Rebecca is one of those who finds that her money runs out before the month does.
A 40-year-old single mum raising her son in Bristol, she has seen her rent rise from 700 to more than 1,100 per month.
“Universal Credit used to pay most of the rent,” she expl…
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