The cost-of-living crisis is tearing community safety nets to shreds
Local groups are often the only thing enabling a family to eat that week, a mother to take on work,…
ByCost of Living Crisis
The ‘cost of living’ refers to the price of things around the world and how much money people have to spend on essentials. The ‘cost of living crisis’ refers to the fall in ‘real’ disposable income that the UK has experienced since late 2021, which is making it difficult for people to afford food, fuel and basic household items. This crisis is being caused predominantly by high inflation outstripping increases in wages and benefits, and has been further exacerbated by recent tax and energy price increases. Read more about the cost of living crisis here.
There’s a new factor pushing up energy prices, and it has nothing to do with Russia
The heatwave has left rivers and reservoirs across Europe at record low levels, and it's driving up the price of…
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Don’t Pay UK: What happens if I stop paying my energy bills?
A new campaign aims to persuade one million people to stop paying their bills if energy prices aren’t cut.
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How much does it cost to boil a kettle?
The cost of running household appliances is about to get a lot more expensive
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Energy bills are set to surge again after price cap update
Typical energy bills are forecast to be more than £3,000 a year until at least 2024.
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Can we stop energy companies profiting from the cost-of-living crisis?
BP, Centrica and Shell have announced more record profits and share buy-backs as energy bills become unaffordable.
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Why rent controls would solve everything
They would reflect the true purpose of houses as a place to live, rather than as an asset to generate…
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The government is only offering a sticking plaster on energy costs
To end the energy crisis we need structural change, not just support amid ballooning prices.
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How utility companies have become public enemy number one
The cost-of-living crisis has fed a nationwide desire to bring energy companies back into public ownership.
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It’s the worst possible time to shun growth – but we do need to rethink it
Increases in GDP mean little if they don't enhance living standards.
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How inflation is worse for women
Prices are rising faster for items aimed at women, who tend to be poorer already.
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Two thirds of UK families to enter fuel poverty by January
If annual bills rise to £4,200, 66 per cent of families will be considered fuel-poor.
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Why freezing energy prices will help stop economic catastrophe
Nationalising the big five energy firms is no panacea for the cost-of-living crisis.
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Keir Starmer’s energy strategy hints at Wilson-like cunning
Labour’s proposal to freeze families’ energy bills is the right policy at the right time.
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The Conservatives have made childcare unavailable and unaffordable
Thousands of nurseries are closing while parents struggle with soaring prices.
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The UK’s inflation rate is higher than any other G7 country
Britain is the only major Western economy in which inflation has hit double digits.
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Iain Dale’s Diary: My week at the Edinburgh Fringe, and a spellbinding chat with Angela Rayner
Still recovering from a bad fall, I hosted live podcast shows at the festival wearing a rather magnificent burgundy suit.
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UK real wages have fallen at a record rate
Earnings remain below their 2008 level after falling 3 per cent over the past eight months.
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Does Keir Starmer’s plan to freeze energy bills go far enough?
The Labour leader’s intervention has been welcomed, but critics on the left argue firms should be nationalised, not bailed out.
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Gordon Brown is wrong – we need to renationalise energy permanently, not just temporarily
It would be an act of corporate welfare to privatise when the good times return.
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