Tag: Living
Cost of living 'front and centre' of Scottish Labour council campaign
Getting cash to struggling families will be central to Scottish Labour's council election campaign.
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Cost of living: National Insurance rise starts to hit pay packets
If a pay rise takes somebody from below £12,570 a year to above, then they will start paying income tax at 20% on the amount above £12,570. A shift in [...]
Starmer on Labour election launch and cost of living policy
Labour is the only party with a policy to cut the cost of living as household bill as energy costs rise, say the party's leader.Sir Keir Starmer was a [...]
Cost of living: Gordon Brown urges action on extreme poverty
Former PM Gordon Brown demands more help from Rishi Sunak for families pushed into extreme poverty.
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Spring Statement: One family's cost of living experience
The Fords are a busy family and, like many, they’ve noticed the impact of rising prices.
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What is the UK's inflation rate and why is the cost of living going up?
The chancellor is expected to set out plans on how to tackle the soaring cost of living on Wednesday.
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Cost of living worries: Unions push further on pay as inflation soars
Any pay increase that still falls short of price rises means a cut for workers, a union boss says.
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Cost of living: What Tory MPs want from Rishi Sunak
MPs are not short of ideas for the chancellor to help struggling families, but all come at a price.
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Ukraine war: Warning Russian oil move will hit UK living costs
Plans to ban or curb Russian oil and gas imports will further hit UK living standards, analysts say.
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Cost of living: Warning UK faces biggest income squeeze in nearly 50 years
The war in Ukraine will lead to an even tighter squeeze on living standards this spring, a think tank says.
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Birmingham Erdington by-election: Cost of living on voters' minds
Downing Street parties and the cost of living are on the minds of by-election voters.
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Nicola Sturgeon to unveil plans for living with Covid
The first minister wants to "strike the right balance" between normal life and controlling the virus.
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Covid: Living with Covid plan will return freedoms, says Boris Johnson
The legal requirement to self-isolate for a fixed period after testing positive in England has been in place ever since mass testing was rolled out. B [...]
Living costs hit fresh 30-year high as households squeezed
It's largely because growth in productivity (and therefore pay and living standards) has been so historically weak for the last 13 years, that the dec [...]
Cost of living: Most Welsh households to get £150 payments
Plans match rebate scheme in England and also include people who do not pay council tax.
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