cost of living crisis

Reading Time: < 1 minute Borrowers can now secure a fixed rate mortgage with an interest rate below 4.5 per cent, after Nationwide announced its ninth round…

Reading Time: < 1 minute   Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slumped in October to their slowest pace in more than 13 years as surging mortgage…

Reading Time: < 1 minute J.P.Morgan said it now expects the Bank of England (BoE) to deliver 50 basis points of interest rate cuts in the fourth…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The price of rolling tobacco is set to soar tonight as Jeremy Hunt hammered smokers with huge tax rises in his Autumn Statement. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute The national living wage will rise to £11.44 in April next year, the Treasury has announced. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK interest rates will need to stay high for some time despite the sharp fall in the annual inflation rate, the governor…

Reading Time: < 1 minute In Spain, the world’s biggest olive oil producer, supermarkets are locking up bottles of the staple cooking oil as prices surge and…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Nearly 160,000 people are living in hidden, often overcrowded and sometimes dangerous bedsit-style accommodation across England, analysis has found. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Picking up a ready meal may seem cheap and easy, but it actually costs less to make the same thing at home….

Reading Time: < 1 minute An empty cupboard. A child crying with hunger. Harassing phone calls from creditors. An eviction notice. Contempt from people who happen to…