cost of living crisis

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMajor lenders including NatWest, Barclays and Nationwide have raised their fixed-rate mortgages as market fallout from the Budget “ripples” into pricing.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is revisiting a complex form that pensioners have to wade through to claim the £300 Winter…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe proportion of people dying in poverty has risen by almost a fifth in recent years, according to analysis for an end-of-life…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 3,000 private school pupils have already applied to join the state sector amid Labour’s tax raid, new figures revealed today. …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Bank of England cut interest rates today – but Chancellor Rachel Reeves‘ big-spending Budget could keep borrowing costs higher in future.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLabour’s ‘flawed’ decision to scrap the £2 bus fare cap will put the equivalent of a penny on income tax for commuters,…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUniversity tuition fees will increase in England for the first time in eight years as part of a major overhaul of the higher…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMillions of benefits claimants will see payments rise 1.7 per cent from April 2025, figures in today’s Budget confirm.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRachel Reeves has slashed right to buy discounts introduced by Margaret Thatcher as part of an affordable housing drive.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMortgage rates will rise in London and other parts of Britain after Rachel Reeves tax, borrow and spend Budget, according to the official forecaster.  Read…