'I'm glad I'm nearly dead’ - Yorkshire pensioner on cost of living crisis

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'I'm glad I'm nearly dead’ - Yorkshire pensioner on cost of living crisis
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The woman, who didn’t want to be named, was speaking in a video which was viewed hundreds of times at the weekend, and shared how she measures water before putting it in the kettle to save money by not overfilling it.

“I’m quite glad I’m near my sell by date. I wouldn't want to be growing up in this” she said while buying her morning paper."It's sad isn’t it.”

“When I was growing up there was nothing like this. There were no food banks but we always had a meal on the table.”

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