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Cost of living crisis

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

Food banks are already running out of food and say it's going to get worse
universal credit food banks
Social Justice

Food banks are already running out of food and say it's going to get worse

Kathy Burke on money, wealth and all of life's fineries
TV

Kathy Burke on money, wealth and all of life's fineries

How to save money and the environment this Christmas
Life

How to save money and the environment this Christmas