'It really is an eye-watering price increase' - ConsumerCouncil reacts to news that Firmus will increase prices across NI by 56.3% as the cost of living crisis continues.
Mum-of-one Megan Potts lives in Bangor andNow she says although she already lives very frugally she is faced with rising gas, electricity and food bills and is worried about the winter months ahead.
"I don't run the heating. I shower a maximum of three times a week and just have a good scrub in between. "I know that I will stop eating before my daughter does - no matter what, she will continue to have food on the table."
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