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Cost of living crisis is fuelling 'second major health emergency' in three years after Covid pandemic pushes desperate families to the brink

March 21, 2023

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Health chiefs have warned the cost of living crisis’s detrimental impact is fuelling a ‘second health emergency’ in three years after the Covid-19 pandemic Read…

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Skint Britons are turning to shoplifting with some even 'addicted' to the 'high'

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March 19, 2023

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Britons grappling with the raised cost of living are getting addicted to a shoplifting “high”, according to addiction experts. Read More

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UK faces biggest fall in living standards since the 1950s

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March 16, 2023

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The economy faces a ‘brighter future’ than previously thought – but living standards are set to fall by the largest amount since the…

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Budget: Energy bills to drop £1,000 by July but will not fall below £2,000 by October

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March 15, 2023

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Cornwall Insight has unveiled its price cap predictions ahead of the Budget, raising expectations of a sharp fall in energy bills over…

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Childcare costs: UK parents spend a third of income on daycare fees compared to 1% in Germany

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March 15, 2023

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The UK is one of the worst countries in the world for childcare costs, with British couples on an average wage spending…

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Parents have stopped giving kids pocket money

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March 15, 2023

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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’…

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London council first in country to offer free school meals up to 16

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March 14, 2023

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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…

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Worcester student nurse could quit due to cost of living

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March 14, 2023

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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

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BBC licence fee ‘criminalising poverty’ as 1,000 people a week prosecuted for failing to pay

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March 14, 2023

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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…

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Children share soiled beds while parents survive on leftovers as families struggle in cost of living crisis

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March 11, 2023

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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…

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