cost of living crisis

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn March, there were nearly ‘nine new tenants registered for each available rental home’, as demand continues to surpass the supply, according…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome households in the UK are set to receive up to four new cost of living payments in a bid to alleviate…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Lagos state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, says the state government has uncovered 86 partitioned rooms, sized 10×10…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJerry Lukendo Mbokani has to make several calculations when he sends money to his elderly mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe cost of raising children has soared over the course of the past decade, leaving many parents struggling to make ends meet. …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHusband and wife Jock*, 57, and Bree*, 61, were empty-nesters for about two years before agreeing to their two sons, aged 27…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteShoplifting has risen to the highest level on record amid complaints the crime has been effectively ‘decriminalised’, new data revealed today.   Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFive mortgage lenders have increased rates in the latest blow to homeowners, as expectations of when the Bank of England will reduce interest rates are pushed…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteConsumers face the prospect of permanently higher interest rates amid geopolitical tensions and “slower globalisation”, a Bank of England official has warned. …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMortgages are going up as higher than expected inflation figures cast doubt over the likelihood the Bank of England will cut interest rates before…