2006: 56% Low-income households ’struggling with finances’. In 2009: 90%
The sharper end of the recession has hit the poorest in society. 90% of households earning less than £20,000 a year or £25,000 in London, claimed they were struggling to stay afloat, up from 56% when the same survey was carried out in 2006.
Four out of 10 people on low incomes said they thought their debts were impacting on their physical and mental wellbeing, rising to 50% among households with children.
The groups also found that 60% of households in receipt of housing benefits or local housing allowance received less than the cost of their rent, with a quarter of these people having to make up a shortfall of more than £49 a week.
Yougov carried out the research for housing charity Shelter and the Money Advice Trust. They questioned 745 tenants with household incomes of less than £20,000, rising to £25,000 in London, and 440 landlords.
Mixing Your Drinks: Alcohol and Exercise
A YouGov survey, on behalf of the Know Your Limits campaign shows that 19 per cent of adults in England who exercise regularly and drink alcohol admit to taking exercise or playing sport in order to “make up” for having drunk a lot of alcohol in the previous few days. The story has been covered here and here.
The tendency to ‘work out the alcohol’ is even more prevalent among heavy drinkers: the survey shows one in five English adults are drinking more than double the NHS recommended limits and, of those who also exercise, over a quarter (28%) admit doing so to make up for their drinking.
This compares to just 10 per cent of people who exercise and drink at ‘lower risk’ – those who do not regularly drink more than 3-4 units a day for men, and 2-3 units a day for women.
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PoliticsHome GreenBox- Tomorrow's front pages as they come in March 11, 2010
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- Ex-Tory MP Christopher Gill to stand in his old seat for UKIP March 11, 2010
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- Alistair Darling: Don't expect a 'giveaway' in the Budget March 11, 2010
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