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"Bills, food, petrol, clothes, school trips, school uniform - everything has just skyrocketed," the father-of-one tells me. "If I go on the basic rate of what I'm on at the moment, it leaves me enough to survive, but not to live. Want a quick and expert briefing on the biggest news stories? Listen to our latest podcasts to find out What You Need To Know...They have three children. The youngest, Imogen, arrived four weeks ago. She was a wonderful surprise to two working parents whose other children are 13 and nine years old.We join Robyn picking up baby supplies in her local supermarket.
"Basically everything, the monthly direct debits, the bigger bills like the rent, the council tax, the car insurance, the car finance… that's gone off up," says Robyn.The biggest dilemma ahead for the couple is when, if, Robyn goes back to work as an occupational therapist in the NHS after maternity leave.
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