A mum hit by the Universal Credit cut fears she will have to stop paying her children's bus fare to make ends meet.
Cayleigh Davies, a 29-year-old mother of two, told the Mirror that she was unsure how to make ends meet after becoming one of millions of people left £80 a month worse off by the Conservative's decision to cut welfare payments.
Cayleigh, from Redditch in Worcestershire said the extra £20 a week had been important to her and her children, aged 11 and 10.
She told the Mirror: “Things are already hard and we just about get by and that £20 extra we got made such a difference.
"I honestly don't know what I'm going to cut back on - probably the children's bus fares as it isn't too far for them to walk to school."
Cayleigh is not the only person facing difficult decisions following a reduction in Universal Credit.
Tom Trigger, 29, said he was fearing opening utility bills after recently moving out of his parents' home.
"I've only been in my own place for three weeks so am dreading my first gas and electricity bill as I've been reading about how much they've shot up," he said.
"Luckily I work as a welder, but my girlfriend is a teacher who's on Universal Credit and that's just been reduced by £20 a week.
"But I'm not that worried about rising bills yet because I don't know any different.
"Ask me in a month though and I may tell you something different."
A 55-year-old mum of four, who did not want to be named, said she was taking anti-depressants to in order to deal with the stress caused by the rising cost of living.
"I live like a pauper," she said.
"After I've paid all my bills I have just £15 - £20 a week to buy food.
"I only put the heating on when it's really cold, otherwise I just put a jumper on; I've gone through all my bills and cancelled everything I don't need and I'm very thrifty.
"I got so worried about money, Universal Credit being reduced and all my bills going up that my doctor put me on anti depressants."
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