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UK cost of living crisis

February 2025

  • Ed Miliband

    Labour’s clean energy plan will not only cut emissions but lift hundreds of thousands out of fuel poverty

    Ed Miliband
    The party’s agenda is about energy security, lower bills, economic growth and good jobs

January 2025

  • An anti-shoplifting sign at Boots.

    Tell us: what’s your experience of the rise in UK shoplifting?

  • A hand putting an item inside a bag with a supermarket aisle in the background

    ‘Some steal to order’: on the frontline of UK shoplifting epidemic

  • Reception pupils use sticks to keep social distancing in a grass playground during the pandemic

    Some children starting school ‘unable to climb staircase’, finds England and Wales teacher survey

  • Bank of England building seen from a low viewpoint to the side of equestrian statue silhouetted against glass-fronted towers and blue sky

    Government under pressure on economy as British households anticipate worsening finances

  • ‘Pocket money’ toys costing less than £10 sell well as UK parents cut costs

  • Cashpoints
    ATM withdrawals are on the rise, but can cash retake its crown in the UK?

  • One in six UK workers skipping meals to make ends meet, says TUC

  • London council aims to become first in England to offer universal school uniform payment

  • Give working parents help with childcare and commuting costs, UK thinktank says

  • New year, new Keir? Labour have big plans for 2025 - including taking inspiration from Thatcher

  • ‘Astonishing and appalling’: British Gas battles customer anger over energy bill struggles

  • The death of the middle-class professional spells danger for Labour

    Gaby Hinsliff

  • Brompton profits plunge more than 99% amid bike industry turmoil

December 2024

  • Piggy Bank and Coins on Calendar

    Energy caps to stamp duty changes: your personal finance diary for January-April 2025

  • Shoppers on Boxing Day in Reading, Berkshire.

    Boxing Day footfall down on UK high streets despite discounts

  • A picture of a pension scheme document with three pound coins on it

    ‘Heartless’ multinationals exploiting pensions loophole for UK workers

  • Car parking signs are displayed at Manchester Royal Infirmary

    Quarter of NHS England trusts raised parking fees in cost of living crisis, data shows

  • Cost of buying average home in England now unaffordable, warns ONS

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    PCS union says Starmer’s criticism of civil servants ‘inaccurate and cowardly’ – as it happened

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