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We earn £100k but can no longer afford private school – there’s £1.68 in the bank

We earn £100k but can no longer afford private school – there’s £1.68 in the bank

On paper, my husband and I have it all: two well-paid jobs, our own home and two of our three kids at private school but at the end of each month we're scrounging

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