Soaring bills leave families with just £50 a week

By Harry Wallop Consumer Affairs Correspondent
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THE rising cost of living has left the average family with less than £50 to spend each week on anything other than essential household bills.


The average household with a home and car has £2,427 a year to spend on child care, clothes, holidays, household repairs, credit card interest, telephone calls, medicines, alcohol and eating out.


This equates to £46.67 a week after bills, taxes and the mortgage have been paid. Statistics show that costs have soared over the past year at a far faster rate than wages, leaving most families unable to afford many key items.


The Daily Telegraph has analysed household costs, including food, utilities and insurance bills, for a family with two children, a £150,000 mortgage and a car. Costs for this typical family total £24,665 a year as a result of significant increases in gas and electricity bills, record petrol prices and rising food prices. This compares with an official estimate of the net average household income, which totals £27,092, after benefits have been received and taxes paid.


This is taken from the Office for National Statistics’ family spending survey 2007, published last month. It includes sources of income from all members of a household, including wages, investments, benefits and tax credits, minus taxes and nation


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