The women trapped in unhappy marriages due to the cost of living

‘Our mortgage has just increased by £350 a month’ says Stacey,* from Leicester. ‘I was secretly saving up money so I could leave my husband, but it’s a lost cause now.’

At the start of last year, Stacey, 42, was ready to call it quits on her marriage to husband, Dev*. The mum-of-three began looking at rental properties and researching the benefits she may be entitled to.

But then, the cost of living crisis hit – and…