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People working and living in rural Norfolk talk about the cost of living crisis.

Harley Moon is the farm's livery manager - looking after horses full-time for their owners.

"So you have to commute to get to any shops or anything like that, and with fuel prices being very high you have to limit how much you're driving your car.""I'm quite happy to limit what I eat myself, but with a child you can't limit how much they eat. It's not fair is it?" she asks."Being an equine groom, my job is revolving around someone's luxury," she says.

A few miles away in Woodton, Rebecca Mayhew is the co-owner of Old Hall Farm, which also has a cafe and shop."We have a lot of chilled storage facilities here and the electric costs are going to have a huge impact on us," she says. "They're worried about fuel bills, they're worried about food costs, it's a lot of pressure for young people.

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