UK households face worst fall in living standards for 60 years
Household incomes are set to fall by 3.6 per cent in 2022 and 4.3 per cent in 2023.
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How Italy has endured nearly two lost decades
Italian living standards are still below their 2006 level.
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How the living standards crisis is driving strike action
Public sector wages are 4.4 per cent lower in real terms than in 2010.
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The UK’s living standards crisis is intensifying
As inflation hits 7 per cent, real wages are falling at the fastest rate since 2013.
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The UK is facing two lost decades for living standards
Real wages will still be below 2008 levels in 2025.
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How inflation is surging ahead of benefits
Prices are set to rise by 7.4 per cent this year but Universal Credit will rise by just 3.1 per…
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Rishi Sunak ignored the easiest way to help the poorest
The Chancellor’s refusal to raise Universal Credit shows he has returned to his ideological comfort zone.
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Personal inflation calculator: how do you compare to the rest of Britain?
Our calculator shows how you could be affected by surging prices in the UK.
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