Mortgage payments have rocketed, taxes are rising and energy bills are spiralling - and the Government doesn't seem to have a plan to help.
Caroline is working hard to support those most in need here in Totton, the Waterside and the east of the New Forest.
She has helped lead the campaign to tackle the long-term causes of poverty and deprivation in the New Forest, which resulted in New Forest District Council setting up a Cost of Living Working Group and agreeing to write a Poverty Action Plan.
But none of this should be neccessary. It is a stain on the record of this Conservative Government that they have allowed life to become this tough for so many people. Things have to change.
New Forest East needs an MP who understands how tough things are and will fight to get the support local people urgently need.
Caroline will: