I work seven days a week to afford my £970 mortgage - I ended up using a food bank

I work seven days a week to afford my £970 mortgage - I ended up using a food bank

Alex Cobb bought his two-bedroom flat in Maidenhead six years ago at the age of 23. Despite earning just £20,000 a year in his first job in the Conservative Party’s marketing department, living with his parents for three years after university enabled him to save up for a deposit.He paid a deposit of just 5 per cent at the time thanks to the Help to Buy scheme, which has since ended.To qualify, and to afford his monthly mortgage payments of £973…