This isn’t a “mild” recession
The headline GDP figures mask a 15-year living standards disaster for Britons.
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The triple lock is an economic absurdity
Ending an expensive and haphazard pension system would be an act of fiscal sanity.
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Richard Blakeway: “Landlords are too dismissive about damp and mould”
It’s time to stop blaming tenants for sub-standard living conditions, says England’s housing ombudsman.
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The UK is facing a living standards catastrophe
It is hard to think of a worse economic backdrop for a party planning a general election in 2024.
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The Tories are trapped with no good options
A record 7 per cent fall in living standards will hurt the public – and the government’s popularity.
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Britain’s big squeeze
A new era of higher interest rates and lower wages threatens another lost decade for living standards.
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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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Spring Statement: Sunak prepares the platitudes
The Chancellor may not want to cut taxes but that is what he seems obliged to do.
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“A KitKat is now a luxury”: the looming death of disposable income
Prices are spiralling, limiting the spending choices of Britons across the country to the bare essentials.
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