Inside the UK’s ‘stressful’ cost of living crisis Burnham hopes to tackle

London, United Kingdom – For several weeks, until her daughter is paid, Donna O’Hara is unable to buy food. On those days, she goes to a food bank instead, or borrows money to get by.The 54-year-old, who has four children, started relying on food banks, nonprofit initiatives that collect and provide free emergency food to those in need, after her son and his girlfriend moved out following the birth of their baby in February. They had been contributing to the household bills, and losing that income tipped things over the edge.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4More than 135 million people in Europe face temperatures over 35Clist 2 of 4Reform UK plan to return asylum seekers using navy ‘dangerous in practice’list 3 of 4Why the UK faces a prisons crisis amid row over release of cop killerslist 4 of 4Five charts that explain the high cost of living in the UKend of list“Mentally, it’s just stressful and it’s embarrassing having to go to the food bank, utterly embarrassing,” she says. “I hate asking people for help. I hate borrowing money.”The stress compounds an already precarious situation.O’Hara has multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, and has been hospitalised three times sin...