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Cost of living crisis

The UK's 'Big Six' energy companies made over £3billion in profit in 2020
Cost of living crisis

The UK's 'Big Six' energy companies made over £3billion in profit in 2020

Rishi Sunak's energy bills support won't reach the people who need it most
Joe Farnworth-Mayers

Rishi Sunak's energy bills support won't reach the people who need it most

The Bank of England says the cost of living crisis will last until 2023
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cost of living crisis

The Bank of England says the cost of living crisis will last until 2023

Rishi Sunak has offered support for cost of living problems the government caused, say charities
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cost of living crisis

Rishi Sunak has offered support for cost of living problems the government caused, say charities

Two thirds of UK adults squeezed by cost of living increase in January
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Cost of living crisis

Two thirds of UK adults squeezed by cost of living increase in January

A CO2 shortage and higher phone bills are the latest cost of living pressures
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cost of living crisis

A CO2 shortage and higher phone bills are the latest cost of living pressures

Jack Monroe has helped ensure inflation measures will reflect the real cost of living
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cost of living crisis

Jack Monroe has helped ensure inflation measures will reflect the real cost of living

Is it too much to hope for an accessible safety net that protects us all from poverty?
Covid Realities is documenting the impact of the pandemic on those with low incomes.
Joanne Barker-Marsh

Is it too much to hope for an accessible safety net that protects us all from poverty?

‘Just write millions of cheques’: Economists call for cash payments to ease cost of living crisis
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‘Just write millions of cheques’: Economists call for cash payments to ease cost of living crisis

Here’s where to find help as the cost of living soars
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Here’s where to find help as the cost of living soars

UK cost of living sees fastest increase in 30 years
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cost of living crisis

UK cost of living sees fastest increase in 30 years

'Pull the other one': Nadine Dorries ridiculed for claims BBC licence fee freeze will help cost of living
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cost of living crisis

'Pull the other one': Nadine Dorries ridiculed for claims BBC licence fee freeze will help cost of living

Half of young people don’t believe they’ll ever be able to retire comfortably
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Half of young people don’t believe they’ll ever be able to retire comfortably

Boris Johnson under increasing pressure from Tories to tackle cost of living crisis
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cost of living crisis

Boris Johnson under increasing pressure from Tories to tackle cost of living crisis

‘People are skint’: Six million workers have no savings as expensive 2022 looms
UK cost of living crisis
cost of living crisis

‘People are skint’: Six million workers have no savings as expensive 2022 looms

This chart shows the real cost of beer over the last 20 years
Cost of Living

This chart shows the real cost of beer over the last 20 years

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The ‘real living wage’ needed to live on is now £9.90 per hour - £2k per year more than the government's minimum wage
Minimum wage

The ‘real living wage’ needed to live on is now £9.90 per hour - £2k per year more than the government's minimum wage

Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009
Wages are at levels seen in 2009, when Gordon Brown was prime minister and Barack Obama was president. Image: London Summit
Employment

Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009

£1,000 minimum wage rise will only be worth £265 for full-time workers on universal credit
Cleaner sweeps the floor inside an office building
Employment

£1,000 minimum wage rise will only be worth £265 for full-time workers on universal credit

‘They took away my future’: Teenager forced to quit college after universal credit cut
Universal credit
Social Justice

‘They took away my future’: Teenager forced to quit college after universal credit cut

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