There are millions of people struggling alone in the cost-of-living crisis – but they’re invisible to our politicians, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
There are millions of people struggling alone in the cost-of-living crisis – but they’re invisible to our politicians, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
I think partly it’s a language thing - politicians (who are supposed to represent us all) keep telling ‘hard-working families’ that they matter, and keep pretty quiet on the rest of us - regardless of what they’re actually doing about it.
But the point the article makes too is that being single is disproportionately expensive already - cooking for one costs more than 50% of cooking for two, splitting a car or the deposit for a mortgage between two is cheaper, etc. So a cost-of-living crisis will affect single people disproportionately too - but there’s no political recognition of that fact.