Most days we hear about the cost of living crisis.

Many items are getting more expensive. Tesco have said they’re putting security on cucumbers as they’re going from 60p to over £1.

I feel sorry for anyone who has to try to steal a cucumber to feed their family.

I feel sorry for their family who must wish they had nicked some bread or a nice steak.

Stealing salad is for the criminal who’s worried they’re not getting enough roughage.I presume that’s a small overlap on a Venn diagram.

I also feel sorry for any police officers who have to stop and search people looking for cucumbers. It’ll turn into a Benny Hill sketch.

TV money saving expert Martin Lewis has said that even he is running out of ways to save people money.

I had an idea.In France the Government has agreed a price cap so that this year people are paying four per cent more than last year for energy. Some people in the UK will be paying 80 per cent more.

So my idea is to switch my provider to one in France and buy a really long extension lead. So far Martin hasn’t replied to my emails.

I’m not the only one struggling with frugal ideas.

Boris Johnson received online mockery for suggesting that people could spend £20 to buy a more efficient kettle and that could save them £10 a year on their bills.

People on Twitter angrily pointed out that we’re facing bills of around £1,000.

They were missing the point. It was a metaphor for nuclear power stations.

Besides, that’s a £10 saving per year. You will pay for this year’s electricity in just 100 years' time. It’s also a £10 saving per kettle.

So if you buy one hundred kettles you can save enough money to cover your electricity bill. All it will cost you is £2,000.

I’m starting to see why Martin Lewis is finding this so difficult.

In a bid to find some positive news on this topic I noticed that a new price cap has been brought in that could work.

The cost of bus journeys in England will be capped at £2 from January to March. This figure is much lower than the average fare prices and it finally feels about right. £2 to go on a bus is a good price.

It’s much cheaper than a train journey, which often results in you sitting on a bus replacement service anyway.

At a time when everything from your heating bills to the cucumber you leave to go rotten in your fridge, it’s nice that one thing is reasonably priced.