Skint! Can broke Karen Taylor see off the bailiffs in EastEnders

Money's too tight to mention for loudmouth matriarch Karen Taylor in EastEnders

Looking after the rowdy Taylor clan can't be easy in EastEnders. But if you had to pick someone to keep them in some sort of order, it would be the formidable Karen Taylor.

The family's strapped for cash, however, so she'll need all her brash ingenuity to keep her brood afloat. And with the bailiffs at the door, it looks like things are about to get a whole lot worse for Karen…

With no electricity and the bailiffs calling on them, the future looks bleak for the Taylor clan

Mouthy Karen can talk herself out of most situations, but she's clearly rattled when the bailiffs make their first appearance

But it looks like the matriarch has had the last laugh once again!

Things are looking gloomy in every sense!

As the family struggle to make ends meet, the pressure is starting to tell

To make things even worse, the bailiffs pay a return visit. What will they take?

Or has she? Suddenly the Taylors are plunged into darkness when they run out of electricity

Can Karen and the clan find a way out of their plight? Watch the drama unfold on EastEnders from Monday 14 August