evidence: The amount of money Northern Ireland’s lowest income families have left after they’ve paid their bills continues to plummet, latest figures show. The Consumer Council’s Northern Ireland Household Expenditure Tracker shows the lowest earning households have seen their ‘discretionary income’ fall by 46.7% in the last year - from £37.11 to just £19.78 a week. [...] Reacting to the latest figures, Noyona Chundur, Chief Executive of the Consumer Council, said: "The Consumer Council first published its Household Expenditure Tracker last year, and with each publication, we have seen a decline in discretionary income for Northern Ireland’s lowest earning households. The statistics within the Household Expenditure Tracker quantify what we already know and are seeing on a daily basis: that consumers are significantly struggling at the moment.