Cost of Living Crisis

Latest financial and political news and analysis on the UK's cost of living crisis from inews.co.uk

Article thumbnail: A detail of a hand holding a lateral flow test that shows a positive result in a domestic bathroom, on 23rd April 2022, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
Science
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Out-of-date Covid tests could risk spread of virus at Christmas

Scientists say we could be in for a spate of out-of-date tests this Christmas as the last of the free government tests expire amid the cost of living crisis

News
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Animal shelters in crisis as abandoned pets soar in cost of living

Nadeine Asbali

Please don't buy teachers presents at Christmas

Article thumbnail: Mark Clare has seen his mortgage payments soar in just over a year (Photo: Mark Clare)
Consumer

Bills to rise as new energy price cap announced - here’s how much you will pay

Andrew Fisher

Royal visits to baby banks are a dangerous normalisation of poverty

Article thumbnail: File photo dated 03/02/22 of an online energy bill. Ofgem is to consider alternatives to energy standing charges amid predictions that household bills will keep rising until the middle of next year. The regulator said it was the "right time" to look at standing charges again as wider cost of living pressures left customers continuing to struggle with bills. Every household pays the same daily standing charge no matter how much energy they use, around 83p since the start of October. This has risen from 74p a year ago. Issue date: Thursday November 16, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story CONSUMER Energy. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 03/02/22 of an online energy bill. Ofgem is to consider alternatives to energy standing charges amid predictions that household bills will keep rising until the middle of next year. The regulator said it was the "right time" to look at standing charges again as wider cost of living pressures left customers continuing to struggle with bills. Every household pays the same daily standing charge no matter how much energy they use, around 83p since the start of October. This has risen from 74p a year ago. Issue date: Thursday November 16, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story CONSUMER Energy. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: FILE - View at the Bank of England, at the financial district in London, Thursday, May 11, 2023. The Bank of England is set to raise interest rates Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, for the 14th time in a row to a fresh 15-year high and keep the door open for further increases in the months to come as it tries to tamp down persistently high inflation. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
Article thumbnail: FILE - View at the Bank of England, at the financial district in London, Thursday, May 11, 2023. The Bank of England is set to raise interest rates Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, for the 14th time in a row to a fresh 15-year high and keep the door open for further increases in the months to come as it tries to tamp down persistently high inflation. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
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Article thumbnail: London, England - June 11, 2019: Close up of Television Licence for the United Kingdom, The fee is paid yearly and is used to fund the BBC services ; Shutterstock ID 1421628098; Purchase Order: -
Article thumbnail: London, England - June 11, 2019: Close up of Television Licence for the United Kingdom, The fee is paid yearly and is used to fund the BBC services ; Shutterstock ID 1421628098; Purchase Order: -