
The survey of more than 2,000 mothers, carried out this month, found that one in five mums is missing meals so her children can eat.
Meanwhile, a quarter of families are living on credit cards, five per cent take payday loans and one in 100 has turned to loan sharks to stay afloat.
It also revealed that almost half of families have sold or pawned goods to make money to live and 16 per cent of parents are being treated for a stress-related illness due to a lack of cash.
"It’s shocking that seven in 10 families in the UK today are living on the edge, feeling there is little more they can do to make ends meet and fearful of the future," Netmums founder Sally Russell said.
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