Couple’s postcode pain

CLARE and Paul Gibbons have been trying to start a family for nine years.

They live in Clacton, Essex, where the CCG is one of five which has axed funding for IVF altogether. They now face an £11,000 bill to go private. Clare, 36, said: “Paul has been working two jobs to save up and the rest would be on credit cards.

“We help alcoholics and drug addicts, but not someone who aches for a baby. It’s not fair.”