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A former soldier and stepdad-of-three who relies on a food bank to feed his family has said the news that inflation will exceed 10 comes as…

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And to use my power chair to get around. i have no choice but to use my electric bed. and all of this is going to have an impact on the costs that our energy company is going to throw us. michael buchanan, bbc news. harry lay lives in social housing, is on universal credit and uses a food bank. he says hes resorted to using candles in the evenings when his kids have gone to bed. harry, thank you for talking to us. how old are you children? so they are five, how old are you children? so they are ...

Frequently a struggle. it was last year as well but now it has gone up so much, sort of the idea of us not being able to use the food bank for example, is yeah, it isjust, it is not possible, we have to keep using it. i not possible, we have to keep using it. ., not possible, we have to keep using it. . w , ., g, not possible, we have to keep using it. i mean the fact you are using candles at _ it. i mean the fact you are using candles at night _ it. i mean the fact you are using candles at nigh...

Money you should work more hours, would that work for you, harry? h0. would that work for you, harry? no, it doesnt work, _ would that work for you, harry? i157 , it doesnt work, but, because the way that the universal credit system is, is the more hours you work, the more money they take from you, so actually you never get ahead of yourself, never ever get ahead of course you, it is like a trap and it is very hard to get out of that, i mean, what we would have to earn, between the two of us, to...

It would certainly help, but, i mean, would it sort of, would it help us enough to get us out of the situation that we are in? no, unfortunately it wouldnt, and it is not us being ungrateful, we are very grateful for any help we receive, but did you say £140 a year? yes. but did you say £140 a year? yes, the prime — but did you say £140 a year? yes, the prime minister _ but did you say £140 a year? yes, the prime minister said _ but did you say £140 a year? yes, the prime minister said it...

So, let it build up, get paid, top up and then work through the washing, which is, again, a situation ive neverfound myself in until this year. low—income families, says todays report, should be offered a bigger and broader support package by ministers. but the scale of the looming price rises creates understandable worry. i have no choice but to use my hoists to change chairs, and to use my power chair to get around. i have no choice but to use my electric bed. and all of this is going to hav...

Earlier we heard from 36—year—old harry lay. he lives in a housing association property, he and his wife work, they are in receipt of universal credit and ocassionally use a food bank. he says hes resorted to using candles in the evenings when his kids have gone to bed. it is frequently a struggle. it was last year as well but it has gone up so much now, that, you know, sort of the idea of us not being able to use the idea of us not being able to use the food bank for example is, yeah, it is...

Is very hard to get out of that, i mean, what we would have to earn, between the two of us, to get us off universal credit, to, you know, so we can stop using the food bank, and sort of get ahead of ourselves is just, we are not able to earn that. do you get this warm homes discount which the government points to, for people who are struggling with energy bills and are on low incomes? no, we havent been offered anything like that. we, so, for example our local charity for energy is warm and safe...