Nursery World - Working parents struggling to afford Xmas due to rising living costs

A third of working parents plan to take on extra work, or avoid having time off, to afford Christmas due to ‘soaring’ living costs.

Working parents on universal credit who were polled said they planned to cut back on heating and eating PHOTO Adobe Stock

A poll of 2,500 working parents by Action for Children finds that three-quarters are worried about rising energy bills and prices in shops, with a third planning to take on extra work, or avoid time off, to pay for the festive season. Of these, nine in ten said they are likely to miss out on at least one key family moment, like waking up on Christmas morning together or watching their child’s nativity play, finds the charity.

Findings from the poll, which have been released to launch Action for Children’s annual Secret Santa campaign to help the country’s most vulnerable children, also reveal:

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