Almost a third of women in frontline roles forced to go into savings to ‘manage financial difficulties in pandemic’

‘The past year in the job has been harder than doing a tour in Afghanistan. It’s mentally hard,’ says ambulance care assistant

The report, carried out by Unison, discovered women working in key worker roles are forced to fork out more on household bills during the pandemic with almost half seeing their spending rise (Getty Images)

Almost a third of women working in frontline roles during the Covid crisis have been forced to go into their savings to manage financial difficulties, a study has found.

The report, carried out by Unison, discovered women employed in key worker roles are forking out more on household bills during the pandemic, with almost half seeing their spending rise.

The increased living costs related to spending more on energy, food, technology and transport, with reasons cited including having to care for children at home due to school closures, and having a partner who was either furloughed or working from home.