Polling insights from Christians Against Poverty into the impact of the rising cost of living.
Recent YouGov polling conducted by Christians Against Poverty (CAP) takes a closer look at the interaction between debt, poverty and living standards and highlights the impact of financial difficulty.
Key insights:
- 42% of UK adults (22.4 million people) have limited home electricity or gas use at least monthly.
- 17% of UK adults (8.9 million people) have skipped meals because of the cost at least monthly.
- 24% of UK adults (12.7 million people) have lost sleep worrying about their finances at least monthly.
- 50% of UK adults (26.5 million people) report that debt repayment has some negative effect on them.
- 9% of UK adults (4.7 million people) are using credit mainly to pay for monthly bills.
- Only 10% of UK adults haven’t made any credit card payments in the last six months.
