BEING?hit in the pocket is a major concern for cash-conscious voters.

Four in five people will take their personal finances into account before putting their cross on the ballot paper, a survey by comparethemarket.com has found.

The impact on domestic bills, especially for groceries, petrol, diesel and energy, was a big concern, along with insurance.

But the uncertainty surrounding the referendum and its aftermath was the main worry, according to director Mike Kirby of Antrobus Accountants, Anrobus Business Centre, College Street, Petersfield.

“It’s the uncertainty that causes people concern,” he said.

“Nobody thinks the economy is going to collapse overnight, but why risk it by coming out of the EU?

“The safe option is to vote to stay in, for the status quo, so that on Friday morning everything will be the same.”

No one could predict the impact on people’s budget, and if prices would rise, but the country was just starting to recover after “the second largest recession for the last hundred years” so we shouldn’t be taking the risk again.

People would start to sit tight on their finances again, and businesses would suffer.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that we have had fewer enquiries and take up of our services over the last three or four years,” added Mike.

“While in the short term I?don’t think there’s going to be a huge difference felt, it’s going to plunge us again into a period of uncertainty when decisions will be delayed.”

The chancellor George Osborne had taken the country on a financial course. “But if we vote to come out will he even be there anymore?”