In contrast, the EU member states with the lowest percentage of people unable to
afford a one week annual holiday in 2018 were Luxembourg (10.9 per cent, 2017 data) and Sweden (9.7 per cent).
Girls are missing days of school because they can't
afford a tampon: Teenager urges the Government to start talking about periods for a change
"Every legislator should be talking about the fact that nowhere in Illinois can a full-time minimum wage worker
afford rent," says Sharon Legenza, Executive Director of Housing Action Illinois.
The last time Zimbabweans struggled this much to
afford food was in 2008, when inflation hit 500 billion percent.
But the situation looks more promising for two people on a median salary with more than 50% able to
afford a mortgage on an average property.
"It's so frustrating because we both work really hard but we can't really
afford to live.
Mr Strachan, former chief constable of Northumbria Police, freely admits he can
afford to make such a donation.
* A new study released by Feeding America, In Short Supply: American Families Struggle to Secure Everyday Essentials, reveals that many families with children struggle to
afford basic, non-food household goods, including products related to personal care, household care and baby care.
All these separate rooms and landscaped gardens cost money, we cannot
afford it now.
Nearly one in three said they would definitely not be able to
afford a trip with only 19% certain they could
afford to go away this year.
"It seems the only party that can
afford this long and extended hearing process is Enbridge and, perhaps, the federal government.
If we can
afford to pay pounds 50m a day to be a member of the corrupt cesspit of the EU, if we can
afford to pay billions of pounds in social security to East Europeans and if we can
afford to pay billions in fines to the EU for none compliance with stupid EU rules then surely we can
afford to protect our country.
