cost of living crisis

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK inflation unexpectedly rose in June driven by motor fuel prices and food, according to official figures, underscoring the challenge facing the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRachel Reeves will pave the way for a new era of risky lending in a push for growth that watchdogs fear could end…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK asylum costs are set to take up a fifth of the Government’s shrunken aid budget, leaving as little as 0.24% of…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteResident doctor strikes are poised to cost Britain almost £13m for each day of walkouts, according to the Centre for Economics and…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBrits claiming sickness benefits can be paid up to £25,000, which is more than the take home pay of a minimum wage…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChildren in England are living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty” where deprivation has become normalised, the children’s commissioner has said, as…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorkers could be encouraged to put more of their wages into private pension pots under reforms to be announced by Rachel Reeves, following…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLeaseholders will be able to more easily challenge extortionate service charges, the government has said.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDiscounts for council tenants seeking to buy their homes are to be drastically cut by Angela Rayner. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSavers are set to lose a chunk of their tax-free cash individual savings account allowance as the Treasury prepares to take an…