With costs soaring and no sufficient support provided by the government, many people across the UK are turning to illegal money lending in order to make ends meet and are being forced into extremely dangerous situations.
As @shahedezaydi reports, lenders have been known to use duping tactics to lure in vulnerable parents and in her investigation Shahed speaks to one mother who was victim to this technique, as well as another who is not entitled to any government support due to her immigration status.
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[Media description: A graphic with an illustration at the top of a parent and child. The parent is reaching out to take money from a hand that's emerging from the side of the image. The background behind them shows two shades of purple swirling together in a disorientating pattern, with sharks circling them in the water.
Text on the image says "How the state is forcing the most vulnerable into the hands of loan sharks"
"The UK's rising cost of living is affecting racialised communities the most, leaving many with no option but to rely on illegal money lending"]