cost of living crisis

Reading Time: < 1 minute The mayor of London will tomorrow announce a bold emergency package to extend free school meals to every primary school child in the capital for one year,…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Crafty Britons are tackling the soaring cost of living by adopting a ‘Make Do and Mend’ approach to their wardrobes, giving clothing…

Reading Time: < 1 minute More people are depending on food banks than ever before in Britain, new figures show, as “ever-increasing” numbers of households – including…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Most parents with young children would delay having another due to nursery costs that are already forcing some to cut down on…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Nigerian police on Friday said some citizens frustrated by cash shortages in the country were attacking banks and vandalising cash-dispensing machines, and…

Reading Time: < 1 minute An East London councillor has revealed his borough saw 500 new homelessness applications in an entire month, meaning 16 were being made…

Reading Time: < 1 minute London property prices have become so ridiculous that one man has built his own house in a skip as a protest. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Parents have long been handing over their hard-earned cash to children who are well into adulthood. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Almost two million children could be trapped in poverty because their parents face at least one major barrier to work, according to…