Mark says, “I’m 36 years of age and have worked as a mechanic for the last 19. I’m actively seeking work, but there doesn’t seem to be anything. I’m getting £114 a fortnight. It works out at £8.14 a day, and normal living expenses like fuel or public transport cost more than that. I’m applying for six or seven jobs every week, and I must have applied for about 200 jobs in total. I’m homeless at the minute. I stay at my mum’s or my brothers’ houses, and I’ll have to do that until I get a full-time job and get housed. I’m living out of a bag, scratching about. It’s stressful.”