cost of living crisis

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…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlobal food prices and famine are intimately linked. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent production and transportation costs soaring, Read More 

Reading Time: < 1 minuteStaff in South London schools are feeding children as they are “not able to afford breakfast”, a councillor has said. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe cost of childcare is so eye-wateringly high that some parents are questioning what the financial point of having a job even…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn East London mayor says his ambitious budget plans for the next few years will help the next generation living in Tower…

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Supermarket price inflation rose to a record 17.1 per cent in the four weeks to 19 February, figures show.  Read More