Parents have stopped giving kids pocket money
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As the cost of living continues to rise, struggling parents have stopped giving their children pocket money after noticing it makes them ‘greedy’…
London council first in country to offer free school meals up to 16
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A London council has become the first in the country to offer free school meals to every secondary school pupil up to the age…
Worcester student nurse could quit due to cost of living
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A student nurse fears she may be forced to quit her university course due to cost of living pressures. Read More
BBC licence fee ‘criminalising poverty’ as 1,000 people a week prosecuted for failing to pay
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Almost 1,000 people every week are prosecuted for failing to pay their television licence, making it the most common crime in the country…
Children share soiled beds while parents survive on leftovers as families struggle in cost of living crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Children are sleeping on the floor and on soiled mattresses as families struggle to afford essential furniture due to the financial strain of the rising…
'I will likely work until I die': Women fear they'll never retire as cost of living bites
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Reading Time: < 1 minute ‘I don’t know what the future holds and it’s scary,’ says Minreet Kaur, a 42-year-old from West London, who’s not sure if she’ll…
Call for cap on 'catastrophic' care costs as thousands forced to sell home to pay fees
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A cap on “catastrophic” care costs is so crucial it should be the focus of a national campaign, the policy’s architect has…
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses 'may fold this year' - wiping '£12bn' from economy
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Hundreds of thousands of the UK’s smallest businesses risk going under this year as costs keep rising, a report has revealed. Read…
World on brink of going hungry as food costs and availability reaching 'crisis' point
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Global food prices and famine are intimately linked. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent production and transportation costs soaring, Read More
South London schools are having to feed students themselves as families 'can't afford breakfast'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Staff in South London schools are feeding children as they are “not able to afford breakfast”, a councillor has said. Read More