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Cost of living crisis

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

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
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
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
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
Social Justice

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

How to save money and the environment this Christmas
Life

How to save money and the environment this Christmas