They used the Citizens' Advice Bureau's latest annual meeting to warn the situation is going to get even worse. Rachael Walker, a money advice co-ordinator at the bureau, said: "Many of our clients are now coming to us with gas or electricity bills that they are not able to pay back along with their ongoing usage. "And... we have seen some cases where clients are cutting back on their food just so they can have their gas or electricity." She put the numbers involved in going without food as 'a growing minority'. She described their mood as depressed and distressed. "We are expecting the current situation to worsen," warned Miss Walker. This is one sign of how the dramatically-changed financial situation of the past 12 months is taking its toll on the CAB's clients. Cases of debt seen by its volunteers and advisors have soared by 25 per cent in the year to the end of March.
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