Going backwards

[Gimpee]

I work full time pre 2020 I could afford to maintain house even managed to have a cheap holiday, now house is falling into disrepair can't afford holiday and struggle to buy food, the government said raising company national insurance is not tax on employees what a joke it means lower pay rises if I get one it won't cover the increase in bills. No wonder mental health issues growing but that's OK government are going to cut the benefits maybe hopeful they will committ suicide, increase pension age hoping it will kill off a few and tax pensioners so they starve or freeze to death. Had enough

yes it is so shit! Our household income is 10k more than it was a few years ago and we should be laughing but the reality is we have less now than we did before. It is all eaten up with higher bills more expensive food etc. I thought we would have an extra holiday more savings etc but now we are pondering if we really need the most basic of things. I budget, cook from scratch, don't waste things blah blah blah! It all feels so unfair, its so much hard work to just survive and I'm not even having a good time.