Cost of living crisis

The summer of discontent? Why the cost of living crisis is causing so many strikes
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The summer of discontent? Why the cost of living crisis is causing so many strikes

‘All my costs have gone up but my pay hasn’t’: Railway workers explain why they’re on strike
Union rail worker Matthew Lee holds a flag on the picket line outside King's Cross station
Rail strikes

‘All my costs have gone up but my pay hasn’t’: Railway workers explain why they’re on strike

Thousands march in London to protest low pay and rising cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Thousands march in London to protest low pay and rising cost of living

Inflation is now forecast to hit 11 per cent in October, says Bank of England
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Inflation is now forecast to hit 11 per cent in October, says Bank of England

Diary of a food bank manager: We registered our oldest ever guest, born in 1919
A volunteer delivers food to Earlsfield Foodbank. Image: Earlsfield Foodbank
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: We registered our oldest ever guest, born in 1919

Cost of living crisis: Three quarters of Britons worried about rising cost of food, study finds
Cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis: Three quarters of Britons worried about rising cost of food, study finds

'I feel stuck': How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants
cost of living crisis

'I feel stuck': How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants

These pensioners are on a rent strike over surging service charges
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RENTING

These pensioners are on a rent strike over surging service charges

#DonateTheRebate campaign urges those more well off to donate their £400 energy grant
Cost of living crisis

#DonateTheRebate campaign urges those more well off to donate their £400 energy grant

'The epidemic here isn’t Covid, the epidemic is poverty': The future of mutual aid in Food Bank Britain
feelings known about the cost of living crisis at a rally in early April 2022
Mutual aid

'The epidemic here isn’t Covid, the epidemic is poverty': The future of mutual aid in Food Bank Britain

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices
Food poverty

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices

What would Big Issue vendors do if they were Queen for a day?
jubilee 2022
jubilee 2022

What would Big Issue vendors do if they were Queen for a day?

Martin Lewis grills chancellor Rishi Sunak on why some people won't get additional cost of living support
A screenshot from a livestream video shows Rishi Sunak sitting in a warehouse with Martin Lewis in an onset picture
Cost of living crisis

Martin Lewis grills chancellor Rishi Sunak on why some people won't get additional cost of living support

Rishi Sunak's cost of living support won't be enough for struggling families, charities warn
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Cost of Living Crisis

Rishi Sunak's cost of living support won't be enough for struggling families, charities warn

Energy companies tried to scrap requirement to help customers struggling to pay bills
universal credit and benefits
Energy crisis

Energy companies tried to scrap requirement to help customers struggling to pay bills

What Rishi Sunak's new cost of living measures mean for you
Cost of living crisis

What Rishi Sunak's new cost of living measures mean for you

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A basic income 'could cut poverty to its lowest point in decades'
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Basic income

A basic income 'could cut poverty to its lowest point in decades'

The chancellor has made the Sunday Times Rich List - during a major cost of living crisis
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Cost of living crisis

The chancellor has made the Sunday Times Rich List - during a major cost of living crisis

The number of ‘no-fault’ evictions being handed out to renters is now 30% higher than pre-Covid
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Renting

The number of ‘no-fault’ evictions being handed out to renters is now 30% higher than pre-Covid

Why does inflation hit poorer people harder?
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Inflation

Why does inflation hit poorer people harder?