cost of living crisis

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

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

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs the cost of living continues to rise, struggling parents have stopped giving their children pocket money after noticing it makes them ‘greedy’…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA London council has become the first in the country to offer free school meals to every secondary school pupil up to the age…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlmost 1,000 people every week are prosecuted for failing to pay their television licence, making it the most common crime in the country…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChildren are sleeping on the floor and on soiled mattresses as families struggle to afford essential furniture due to the financial strain of the rising…

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…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHundreds of thousands of the UK’s smallest businesses risk going under this year as costs keep rising, a report has revealed. Read…