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Retail sales figures reveal impact of cost of living crisis on shopping habits
Trade body demands action as households brace themselves for huge rise in gas and electricity costs this winter
Australia’s largest listed wine producer says demand will stay strong despite cost of living crisis
Small suppliers urge new PM to use existing schemes to assist with rising cost of gas and electricity in October
Consumer price index in July registered double-digit annual increase for first time since 1982
Pay falls 3% in real terms but not enough to bring down inflation to Bank of England target
Opposition parties and energy groups call for measures to help households with soaring prices
Spiralling energy prices, increasing wage bills and higher raw material costs are all adding to the pressure
Urgent action is needed to protect the personal finances of millions facing ruin from energy bills
Average weekly handout is down by 23 per cent
Outgoing PM says there is ‘extra cash’ available to help households through winter
Growth strategy of on-demand services has become harder to sustain
When the new Tory leader takes office on September 5, their political honeymoon could be short
Latest dire warning intensifies pressure on the government to ease the cost of living crisis
Rising interest rates could cost some borrowers more than rising energy bills
Ministers Zahawi and Kwarteng to meet power executives to discuss remedies for soaring household bills
Tory leadership favourite says she will do ‘all I can’ for families in cost of living crisis
Tory frontrunner rules out meeting with Johnson and Sunak after CBI calls for joint action
Ministers draw up contingency plans as household power bills in Britain forecast to top £4,400 a year
Consultancy forecasts average price cap will soar from £1,971 at present to £4,420 next April
Consumer spending in July stronger than before pandemic but sector warns of ‘incredibly difficult period’
Allies of former UK chancellor step up attacks on Tory leadership rival Liz Truss
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Review of Johnson plan finds reductions would hit multiple government functions, say Whitehall insiders
Backers of leadership rival Rishi Sunak say her tax cut pledges would ‘not touch the sides’ for poorer households
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