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Cost of living crisis

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Shoe Zone Ltd
    UK footwear chain Shoe Zone blames Budget for shop closures

    Shares plunge 40 per cent after retailer halves profit forecast and suspends dividend

    A general view of a Shoe Zone shop in Croydon
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    UK universities
    Students priced out of London as rents rise faster than loans

    Pressure on government to take action over the ‘cost of learning crisis’ in the UK capital

    London Metropolitan University
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    UK house prices
    England house prices ‘affordable’ only for richest 10% in 2022-23

    Office for National Statistics data highlights property market pressures

    People walk past property notices displayed at a real estate agency
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Travel & leisure industry
    Britons rush to book winter sun holidays in cheaper destinations

    Rise in demand for travel comes as customers increasingly pay for trips in instalments

    Beach in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada in Egypt
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    UK tenants hit by highest inflation in September

    Rental costs rose 3% on average compared with 2.6% for households with mortgages

    A  row of To Let estate agent signs placed outside houses
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Financial services
    Car finance complaints more than double at UK ombudsman

    Rise increases pressure on regulators to seek solution to growing controversy

    Cars for sale on a showroom forecourt
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    UK energy
    Britain’s household energy bills to rise from January

    Regulator Ofgem’s decision to increase price cap means typical yearly bill will be £1,738

    A stainless steel pan is placed on a lit gas hob, with blue flames visible beneath, in a kitchen setting
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    Global inflation
    Consumer anger over high prices piles pressure on politicians

    Post-Covid inflation rise leaves toxic legacy for governments across rich economies

    Montage image of Trump supporters in a rally, overlaid with colourful rising line graphs
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    Asda Group
    Asda boss Stuart Rose warns Budget threatens hiring and pay rises

    Retail veteran is latest business leader to criticise moves including changes to national insurance

    Child sits in supermarket trolley
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    £500mn and counting: companies reckon with UK Budget costs

    Sainsbury’s, BT and Wetherspoons among those warning that changes may force price rises for customers

    Montage of Person with Sainsbury’s bags, woman using phone, M&S Jeans, books (Waterstones)
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    J D Wetherspoon PLC
    JD Wetherspoon warns of near-£60mn jump in taxes and costs following UK Budget

    Pub chain says rise from higher taxes and NI contributions will fuel inflation

    An employee cleans glasses at The Mossy Well pub in London, operated by JD Wetherspoon
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    ExplainerGeneration Z
    Does Gen Z have it tougher than previous generations?

    Young Britons are finding it harder than ever before to achieve financial independence — here’s why

    Montage shows three Gen Z young people against a data backdrop
  • Friday, 1 November, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Charities, universities and GPs warn NI tax rise will hit jobs and services

    Funding boost will be wiped out by cost of meeting higher employer levy, say contracted service providers and education bodies

    Staff on a NHS hospital ward
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Parents to be hit by ‘nanny tax’ after national insurance changes

    Families affected will be worse off by more than £1,000 a year

    A nanny reads a story to two young children
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    National insurance rise set to hit lower-paid UK jobs hardest

    Findings of IFS think-tank come as Reeves acknowledges policies could dampen pay growth

    Rachel Reeves walks outside 11 Downing Street in London holding the red Budget Box. Photographers and a police officer are visible in the background
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    Q&AUK Autumn Budget 2024
    Experts answer your Budget questions

    We responded to readers’ queries about personal finance

  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
    UK social housing
    Treasury confirms plans for inflation-busting rise in UK social housing rents

    Rachel Reeves also announces £500mn cash boost to promote building of affordable homes

    House building site
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    UK economy
    UK consumer and business confidence weaken ahead of Budget

    Indices hit lowest levels this year as Britons ‘hold their breath’ for tax rises on October 30

    Shoppers on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Reeves wraps up ‘grim’ spending talks amid council bankruptcy fears

    Local government expected to suffer further squeeze in chancellor’s first Budget

    Rachel Reeves
  • Sunday, 20 October, 2024
    UK insurance industry
    Home insurance premiums to keep rising in ‘difficult year’

    Insurers are attempting to stem persistent losses on their underwriting

    A row of terraced houses in West London near White City, featuring brick facades, tiled roofs, and multiple chimneys
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Energy suppliers plan winter support for UK customers

    Groups under pressure to step up measures as government tries to defuse pensioner fuel payments row

    An electricity smart meter
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    UK inflation
    Big retail discounts push UK shop prices lower in September

    Cost of living crisis shows signs of receding as stores try to lure back bargain hunters

    Shoppers on London’s Oxford Street
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    UK economy
    UK household disposable income fell below pre-pandemic levels in 2023

    ONS figures underline impact of rising prices and higher interest rates on personal finances

    Shoppers holding bags queue at a fruit and vegetable stall in Bexleyheath, London
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Richard Layard
    Policies must be justified by their wellbeing-to-cost ratio

    Labour’s spending review must apply this test to every departmental proposal

    apprentice craft fitter, works on the engine bay of a BAE Eurofighter Typhoon
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Concern over housing costs hits record high across rich nations

    Surge in mortgage costs and higher rents have combined with chronic shortage of building to stoke crisis

    An illustration of homes and graph lines
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