Quarter of UK households regularly run out of money for essentials, survey says

Charities find nearly 40% of people end the month with no money, and 67% say UK government not doing enough about crisis

One in four households regularly run out of money for essentials and voters do not believe the government is doing enough to help, a group of charities have said.

Nearly 40% of people end the month with no money left, while 24% run out of money for essentials either most months or most days, a survey found.