cost of living crisis

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe official deposit scheme for renters is “putting millions in unscrupulous landlords’ pockets”, campaigners have said.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteProperty asking prices fell by £4,531 on average this month, according to latest figures from Rightmove.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minutePlanning consent for home improvement and extensions have fallen to their lowest level in a decade, according to esate agents Savills.  Read…

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…