'We earn £62k a year but have to use Klarna for food shops'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA mum whose household income is £62,000 a year has said she has to use Klarna to be able to afford food shops. Laura Caine, 40, receives £1,000 a month in Universal Credit payments, while her husband Martin earns £50,000 a year working as a games programmer.
The couple have five children, aged nine to 18, and say feeding their family three meals a day has become so expensive they have to use the buy-now-pay-later service.
Laura said that in recent months she has not been able to afford to pay for a big shop upfront. The mum said she and Martin have both maxed out their credit cards after their energy bill shot up to £450-a-month from £200. READ NEXT: Woman caught with 30 kilos of cannabis at Manchester Airport avoids jail Laura, who lives in Huddersfield, said: "I've seen the struggles of so many families.
I've been to food banks with mums and dads with their kids, waiting and wondering what they will be getting, it's awful. "The way I shop now, if I have £35 to spend for the week, I could get a £105 shop using Klarna and that's £105 worth of food in your cupboards and pay £35 per month back for three months.
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