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At breaking point - the NHS nurse struggling to feed her family

Rebeccah, a part-time nurse from Leicester, says the rising cost of living has pushed her close to breaking point, but she is trying to find ways to cope.

Britain is feeling the squeeze. With inflation rising to its highest rate for 30 years and energy bills spiralling, households across the country are having to make do with less. Rebeccah is one of them - she's a single mum of three from Leicester. She's an NHS nurse - but can work only three days a week because of the cost of childcare. She says she's been at 'breaking point' but has to keep going for the sake of her children. For 5 Minutes On, Rebeccah shares her story with 麻豆社 Panorama reporter, Richard Bilton - as part of his investigation following three families, as they try to cope with what is predicted to be the biggest fall in living standards since the 1950s.

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