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Cost of living crisis

'Devastating', 'horrifying', 'unthinkable': Think tanks urge action to protect households from energy price rises
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Energy bills

'Devastating', 'horrifying', 'unthinkable': Think tanks urge action to protect households from energy price rises

Iceland loan scheme to support shoppers receives 50,000 applications in first week
Iceland loans
Cost of living crisis

Iceland loan scheme to support shoppers receives 50,000 applications in first week

Cornwall's second homeowners urged to donate £5.4million in energy rebates
News

Cornwall's second homeowners urged to donate £5.4million in energy rebates

Don't Pay UK to stage protest outside Ofgem offices as energy price rise is confirmed
feelings known about the cost of living crisis at a rally in early April 2022
Energy Bils

Don't Pay UK to stage protest outside Ofgem offices as energy price rise is confirmed

British Gas pledge to help customers is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’ say fuel poverty campaigners
Energy bills

British Gas pledge to help customers is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’ say fuel poverty campaigners

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis
Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on BetterPod
Financial insecurity

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis

Obesity, food poverty and the big changes coming to supermarkets 
Food illustration
Food

Obesity, food poverty and the big changes coming to supermarkets 

New PM must prevent soaring homelessness from becoming Tories’ ‘tragic legacy’
Homelessness
HOMELESSNESS

New PM must prevent soaring homelessness from becoming Tories’ ‘tragic legacy’

TUC unveils 'road map' to a £15 minimum wage and high wage economy
Minium wage

TUC unveils 'road map' to a £15 minimum wage and high wage economy

£150 cost of living disability payment is not enough, charities warn
Cost of living crisis

£150 cost of living disability payment is not enough, charities warn

NUS warns 'no amount of budgeting' will stop university students falling into poverty
Higher education

NUS warns 'no amount of budgeting' will stop university students falling into poverty

Government told to double payments for Ukraine refugee hosts amid homelessness warning
Ukraine refugees
UKRAINE

Government told to double payments for Ukraine refugee hosts amid homelessness warning

Calling all cash-stuffers: It’s time to use up those £20 notes
A roll of £20 notes wrapped in an elastic band
cost of living crisis

Calling all cash-stuffers: It’s time to use up those £20 notes

Tom Kerridge's top tips for saving money when cooking
Tom Kerridge
Summer survival guide

Tom Kerridge's top tips for saving money when cooking

CEOs are now paid 109 times more than the average worker
CEO pay
Business

CEOs are now paid 109 times more than the average worker

No more distractions: The next prime minister must tackle the childcare crisis
A majority of the public also wants reforms to stop working parents being priced out of childcare. universal credit
Megan Jarvie

No more distractions: The next prime minister must tackle the childcare crisis

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Diary of a food bank manager: 'This year, there has been no lull. Just a steady increase'
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: 'This year, there has been no lull. Just a steady increase'

NHS leaders warn energy costs could create public health crisis
energy bills

NHS leaders warn energy costs could create public health crisis

The crisis has started, and Iceland's loans are just the beginning
Hourglass
Paul McNamee

The crisis has started, and Iceland's loans are just the beginning

Vulnerable smart meter customers could be forced onto prepayment as energy bills soar
Image of a smart meter
Energy bills

Vulnerable smart meter customers could be forced onto prepayment as energy bills soar

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