Keeping tabs on the cost of living

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The BBC Scotland news website has asked three readers to keep a diary of their living costs across a week and give us their opinions on the price of food, fuel and heating.

The panel have been recording their spending over the week - starting last weekend and running through until this weekend.

Here our panel members tell us a bit about themselves and their lives.

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Stuart Chandler, 46, is unemployed and lives with his two sons in Clydebank. Anne Thomson, 41, lives with her partner and children on South Uist and works as a money adviser. Daniel Donaldson, 28, is a law graduate who lives in Edinburgh.

Stuart Chandler<a class="bodl" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7521885.stm">"Everyone is affected by rises"</a>

Daniel Donaldson<a class="bodl" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7523760.stm">"Money is really tight now"</a>

Anne Thomson<a class="bodl" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7521921.stm">"Island living can be difficult"</a>

We will outline the panel's findings and thoughts on their weekly living costs on the BBC Scotland news website next week.