'It's mentally exhausting': Parents worry about cost of living during summer holidays

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'It's mentally exhausting': Parents worry about cost of living during summer holidays
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One mother told i of the 'sad reality' that the £10 a week she has been saving since May will not cover extra costs during the school summer break

With meal plans, her weekly food shop can cost £35 “if I’m lucky”, Carise said, but that weekly cost can more than double during the school holidays.

Despite this respite, the pressure to budget for weeks without school support is “mentally exhausting”, she added. Single mother and FoodCycle guest Tina Harvey has had to make further cutbacks amid the cost of living crisis Ms Harvey, a former lunchtime supervisor who described herself as “quite strict” with money, has sought to restrict her spending further ahead of the summer holidays, including cancelling her direct debit payment for her gas and electricity “because I haven’t got the money in the bank”.

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