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              Cost of living crisis

              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                UK retail results
                Memories of rosy Christmas fade as UK retailers brace for tough 2025

                Groups including Sainsbury’s, Next and M&S warn of higher prices and weaker demand as costs and inflation rise

                Shoppers outside a M&S store
              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                UK economy
                UK debt market sell-off threatens mortgage pain for households

                Some 700,000 borrowers face jump in repayments when fixed-rate deals end this year

                Terraced houses in the Cliftonwood district of Bristol, England
              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                Social affairs
                UK businesses back scheme to prevent repeat offending

                Prisons minister James Timpson’s initiative will see people on probation and serving sentences outside jail helped into work

                James Timpson
              • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
                Shoe Zone Ltd
                UK footwear chain Shoe Zone blames Budget for shop closures

                Shares plunge 40 per cent after retailer halves profit forecast and suspends dividend

                A general view of a Shoe Zone shop in Croydon
              • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
                UK universities
                Students priced out of London as rents rise faster than loans

                Pressure on government to take action over the ‘cost of learning crisis’ in the UK capital

                London Metropolitan University
              • Monday, 9 December, 2024
                UK house prices
                England house prices ‘affordable’ only for richest 10% in 2022-23

                Office for National Statistics data highlights property market pressures

                People walk past property notices displayed at a real estate agency
              • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
                Travel & leisure industry
                Britons rush to book winter sun holidays in cheaper destinations

                Rise in demand for travel comes as customers increasingly pay for trips in instalments

                Beach in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada in Egypt
              • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
                UK tenants hit by highest inflation in September

                Rental costs rose 3% on average compared with 2.6% for households with mortgages

                A  row of To Let estate agent signs placed outside houses
              • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
                Financial services
                Car finance complaints more than double at UK ombudsman

                Rise increases pressure on regulators to seek solution to growing controversy

                Cars for sale on a showroom forecourt
              • Friday, 22 November, 2024
                UK energy
                Britain’s household energy bills to rise from January

                Regulator Ofgem’s decision to increase price cap means typical yearly bill will be £1,738

                A stainless steel pan is placed on a lit gas hob, with blue flames visible beneath, in a kitchen setting
              • Monday, 11 November, 2024
                Global inflation
                Consumer anger over high prices piles pressure on politicians

                Post-Covid inflation rise leaves toxic legacy for governments across rich economies

                Montage image of Trump supporters in a rally, overlaid with colourful rising line graphs
              • Friday, 8 November, 2024
                Asda Group
                Asda boss Stuart Rose warns Budget threatens hiring and pay rises

                Retail veteran is latest business leader to criticise moves including changes to national insurance

                Child sits in supermarket trolley
              • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
                UK Autumn Budget 2024
                £500mn and counting: companies reckon with UK Budget costs

                Sainsbury’s, BT and Wetherspoons among those warning that changes may force price rises for customers

                Montage of Person with Sainsbury’s bags, woman using phone, M&S Jeans, books (Waterstones)
              • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
                J D Wetherspoon PLC
                JD Wetherspoon warns of near-£60mn jump in taxes and costs following UK Budget

                Pub chain says rise from higher taxes and NI contributions will fuel inflation

                An employee cleans glasses at The Mossy Well pub in London, operated by JD Wetherspoon
              • Monday, 4 November, 2024
                ExplainerGeneration Z
                Does Gen Z have it tougher than previous generations?

                Young Britons are finding it harder than ever before to achieve financial independence — here’s why

                Montage shows three Gen Z young people against a data backdrop
              • Friday, 1 November, 2024
                UK Autumn Budget 2024
                Charities, universities and GPs warn NI tax rise will hit jobs and services

                Funding boost will be wiped out by cost of meeting higher employer levy, say contracted service providers and education bodies

                Staff on a NHS hospital ward
              • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
                UK Autumn Budget 2024
                Parents to be hit by ‘nanny tax’ after national insurance changes

                Families affected will be worse off by more than £1,000 a year

                A nanny reads a story to two young children
              • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
                UK Autumn Budget 2024
                National insurance rise set to hit lower-paid UK jobs hardest

                Findings of IFS think-tank come as Reeves acknowledges policies could dampen pay growth

                Rachel Reeves walks outside 11 Downing Street in London holding the red Budget Box. Photographers and a police officer are visible in the background
              • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
                Q&AUK Autumn Budget 2024
                Experts answer your Budget questions

                We responded to readers’ queries about personal finance

              • Friday, 25 October, 2024
                UK social housing
                Treasury confirms plans for inflation-busting rise in UK social housing rents

                Rachel Reeves also announces £500mn cash boost to promote building of affordable homes

                House building site
              • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
                UK economy
                UK consumer and business confidence weaken ahead of Budget

                Indices hit lowest levels this year as Britons ‘hold their breath’ for tax rises on October 30

                Shoppers on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh
              • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
                UK Autumn Budget 2024
                Reeves wraps up ‘grim’ spending talks amid council bankruptcy fears

                Local government expected to suffer further squeeze in chancellor’s first Budget

                Rachel Reeves
              • Sunday, 20 October, 2024
                UK insurance industry
                Home insurance premiums to keep rising in ‘difficult year’

                Insurers are attempting to stem persistent losses on their underwriting

                A row of terraced houses in West London near White City, featuring brick facades, tiled roofs, and multiple chimneys
              • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
                Energy suppliers plan winter support for UK customers

                Groups under pressure to step up measures as government tries to defuse pensioner fuel payments row

                An electricity smart meter
              • Monday, 30 September, 2024
                UK inflation
                Big retail discounts push UK shop prices lower in September

                Cost of living crisis shows signs of receding as stores try to lure back bargain hunters

                Shoppers on London’s Oxford Street
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