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The inflation rate rose to its highest level since 2013 last month, official figures show. Combined with low wage growth, it means many people are experiencing a pay squeeze.

Nurse and mother Cheryl told 大象传媒 Business News it was hard "not to live in fear" about her household budget and feeding her family.

5 live's Rachel Burden put Cheryl's concerns to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, asking: "Are you ashamed? To hear that nurse talking about living in fear and being panicked about feeding her family?"

The Conservative candidate for Runnymede & Weybridge responded: "Real household disposable incomes per capita in 2016 were at a record high and real wages are forecast to rise".

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Wednesday 17 May 2017.