Cost Of Living

One in three parents cut back or went without heating due to inflation - report

73 per cent of parents say cost-of-living has negatively affected their children in last six months

  • May 24, 2023
Seven in 10 parents said they sometimes or always worried about not being able to provide their children with daily essentials such as food, heat or electricity. Picture: Getty

More than a third of parents said they had to cut back on, or have gone without, heating over the past six months due to pressures caused by inflation, a report has said.

The research is based on a survey of a sample of 315 parents, as well as 30 one-to-one interviews with parents supported by children’s charity Barnardos.

Some 73 per cent of parents surveyed said the cost-of-living crisis has negatively affected their children ...