Devastating price rises mean families have less to spend on themselves than at any time for 17 years. The share of household income eaten up by unavoidable outgoings such as housing, food, heat and council tax has soared over the past six years.
It means the amounts left over for "discretionary spending" are at their lowest since 1991. And the economic experts who produce the figures are warning of worse to come.
Broke Britain: How soaring bills have left cash-strapped families with less to spend than for 17 years | the Daily Mail
Scary trend really - with the way the national and global economy is going, what future for the average family?
The super-rich seem to be getting richer - yet the vast swathes of the middle-classes seem to be getting poorer. Already they have predicted that fewer and fewer families in the future will be able to afford foreign holidays, a car and be able to send their children to private schools.
What will they expect us to do soon?!