‘It’s cost upon cost for working families – they get no help’

According to White, working families on low incomes not only struggle to pay their bills, but miss out on schemes such as free school meals and subsidised holiday clubs.

“When I talk to families, the cost of living keeps cropping up,” she says.

“As the years have gone on, everything’s become more expensive.

“But we are not earning enough. Families just can’t keep up.”

White says that while the charity deals with families who are on benefits, staff also support families who are “just above the threshold to claim”.

“They are being hit hard,” she says.

“They are working and getting no help from anywhere.

“One parent said she puts her child in breakfast club, which costs £6 a day, so she can go to work.

“It’s cost upon cost for working families.”