Money Mum Gemma Bird on working up from rock bottomA month later, I moved in with him – it was so surreal, I couldn’t quite believe it was happening. When I was 16-18, they used to give me £50 a month pocket money and once it was gone, that was it. To make extra money, I’d sell unwanted clothes at car-boot sales. My Sunday Times bestseller, Money Mum Official: Save Yourself Happy, came out in January 2022, and my first TV appearance came shortly after on Lorraine. The government needs to step up to make sure young people are taught basic money skills – what to do with their first wages, how to budget and invest.
