difficult month for the morse family. i m lauren. i ve got two children two boys, nine and six, reuben and oliver. my husband, daniel, works in bristol. he s a research scientist. i am self employed, got my own business. we don t live extravagantly. we already buy the budget lines, i suppose, when we go to the supermarket. we don t tend to buy branded things. but everything is going up. lauren s husband, daniel, has a 75 mile round trip to work. it means fuel is one of the family s biggest expenses. filled up the bike. it was about £18.50 something like that. that will be today and tomorrow, and then
continues to surge. in wales, the morse family need to fill up the family car. fuel prices have been rising for two years. diesel is now £1.50, so it s a penny up on yesterday. it would have been cheaper yesterday and now it will cost me £73.19 this morning. i haven t even started my day and i m already £73 down. daniel s wife, lauren, runs a shop. rising living costs mean her customers have less to spend as well. this is my shop. this is my mum. hi! it s all about eco friendly, plastic free refills, so saving the planet
the last time i filled up with fuel was probably about three or four weeks ago, so i m not looking forward to seeing the price it is now. the government has cut fuel duty by 5p per litre, but prices at the pumps are still 30% higher than a year ago. £79.55. £80! £80 to fill the car. that s nearly a day s salary. daniel and lauren s home energy costs are spiralling as well. to help, the government has offered most families rebates and loans worth £350.
there will be another £18.50 on wednesday and then another £18.50 on friday. it s gone up a fair bit in the past it s gone up a fair bit in the past week, in the past few months it s a lot, isn t it? it s a lot in a year. the couple have just over £2000 a month to spend after the mortgage, bills and food, they have £63 left. right at this moment, as everything stands, we are just about breaking even and that s with daniel ina goodjob, i am working hard. i couldn t imagine having to choose between heating or eating. it literally fills me with sadness that there are people out there that do. 0h oh my god, i m crying again! and i worry so much