20% have less than €150 a month after bills

One-in-five working adults has less than €150 left over each month after their essential bills are paid.

And half of those adults haven’t a cent left once these bills are paid, with the other half left with just €100 to €150 in disposable income.

Austerity is biting hard in many houses, with four out of 10 households putting off paying a bill on time because they can’t afford it — a figure that is up slightly on May.