Millions of British households cannot use fridges because of rising living costs

More and more Britons are unable to keep their cooking ingredients fresh due to rising living costs

The Guardian newspaper today, November 14, cited data from the UK-based charity Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) showing that nearly 50% of British households out of about 2 million mentioned households were forced to stop using their refrigerators or freezers for the first time since May.

This is a sign of rising living costs leading to a crisis among low-income households in the UK, according to JRF.

Millions of families continue to resort to “desperate measures” to pay rising bills, rent and food costs. Four in five struggling households in the UK continue to ration their food, failing to afford food, turning off heating and failing to replace worn-out clothes.

The JRF Living Costs Crisis Survey found that in October, a quarter of low-income households (2.8 million) had to borrow money to pay for meals, a third had to sell their belongings to pay for living expenses, and one in six had to use community heating.

The findings come amid concern among charities, as the UK cabinet looks to reduce financial support for low-income families.

JRF said that despite the UK government spending more than 12 billion pounds on efforts to support people's living costs and the rate of inflation starting to fall, up to 7.3 million households in the country have suffered without food or essentials in the past 6 months.

And the organization warns the crisis is far from over.

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