cost of living crisis

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 minuteJ.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 minuteThe 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 minuteThe national living wage will rise to £11.44 in April next year, the Treasury has announced. Read More

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

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

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

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFree prescriptions and legal aid will be cut off for benefit claimants who are deemed fit to work and do not seek…