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Inflation is slowing, can I still ask for a pay rise?
Work advice

Inflation is slowing, can I still ask for a pay rise?

'Breaking point': Debt charities and ethical lenders fight to save families from loan sharks
debt
Debt

'Breaking point': Debt charities and ethical lenders fight to save families from loan sharks

Schools, hospitals and trains: Is the end of the strikes in sight?
Strikes

Schools, hospitals and trains: Is the end of the strikes in sight?

Will giving workers a pay rise really make inflation worse? We asked expert economists
pay rise inflation
Inflation

Will giving workers a pay rise really make inflation worse? We asked expert economists

Is ‘greedflation’ behind your soaring grocery bills?
greedflation, andrew bailey
Inflation

Is ‘greedflation’ behind your soaring grocery bills?

Martin Lewis predicted the mortgage timebomb, so why did the government not listen?
martin lewis/ debt
Paul McNamee

Martin Lewis predicted the mortgage timebomb, so why did the government not listen?

Are junior doctors, nurses or train drivers paid when on strike? 
5 doctors stand in Trafalgar square holding placards such as 'we need pay relief'
Strikes

Are junior doctors, nurses or train drivers paid when on strike? 

Readers debate the causes of inflation: is it higher wages or corporate greed?
Ten pound note, twenty pound note and three pound coins
Letters

Readers debate the causes of inflation: is it higher wages or corporate greed?

Interest rates rise will 'fuel the fire' of the cost of living crisis
bank of england interest rates
Cost of living crisis

Interest rates rise will 'fuel the fire' of the cost of living crisis

Drip-feeding support to the poor is not going to solve the crisis we face
Michael Gove
John Bird

Drip-feeding support to the poor is not going to solve the crisis we face

UK workers suffer 2.5 per cent real-term pay cut, while top CEOs get 4 per cent rise
Cost of Living

UK workers suffer 2.5 per cent real-term pay cut, while top CEOs get 4 per cent rise

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here's why experts say the April increase is 'too little, too late'
universal ceedit/ inflation
Benefits

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here's why experts say the April increase is 'too little, too late'

A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck
Portrait of the satirist Jonathan Swift by Michael Dahl
John Bird

A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck

What is the UK inflation rate? And how is it calculated?
inflation
Inflation

What is the UK inflation rate? And how is it calculated?

February 1 strikes: Who is on strike this Wednesday and where are protests taking place?
Protesters hold up flags and placards at a protest in London on October 1, 2022.
Strike action

February 1 strikes: Who is on strike this Wednesday and where are protests taking place?

Rising unemployment spurs calls for more support for jobseekers
Unemployment

Rising unemployment spurs calls for more support for jobseekers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The UK is entering a recession. Here's how to prepare your finances
Personal finance

The UK is entering a recession. Here's how to prepare your finances

Christmas on the picket line: What it's like being on strike during the festive season
Christmas

Christmas on the picket line: What it's like being on strike during the festive season

Will benefits rise in line with inflation?
benefits/ universal credit
Cost of living crisis

Will benefits rise in line with inflation?

These 7 charts will help you understand today's inflation stats
inflation, Jeremy Hunt
News

These 7 charts will help you understand today's inflation stats

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