Cost of living: Mother in rent arrears offered advice from finance guru
A financial advisor who grew up in poverty has offered a mother struggling with rent arrears tips to cope with the cost of living crisis.
Emma, 35, from Bedford, is working but feels like she is in “a never-ending circle" of cash disappearing on bills as soon as she gets paid, and is in rent arrears for the first time in a decade.
Emmanuel Asuquo grew up on a council estate in east London, where he could see the bright lights of Canary Wharf in the distance, and ended up working there before starting his own business.
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