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  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    UK economy
    UK consumer confidence rises to highest level since January 2022

    Second consecutive monthly increase supported by strong wage growth and easing inflation

  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    News in-depthUK property
    UK homelessness on the rise as rents soar

    Lack of affordable housing collides with growing demand and tighter margins faced by landlords

    The housing and homeless charity Shelter holds a protest on Parliament Square opposite the Houses of Parliament
  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    UK energy
    Ofgem clamps down on forcible installation of energy pre-payment meters

    Watchdog says new rules will protect vulnerable customers

    A smart meter in use in London
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    Mortgages
    UK mortgages in arrears jump to seven-year high

    Bank of England survey shows 28.8% increase compared with last year, reflecting sharp rise in borrowing costs

    Houses in Guildford
  • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
    The Big Read
    How British chicken got caught in the country’s economic storm

    The poultry industry is facing an onslaught of different upheavals that have thrust the once fast-growing sector into crisis

  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    UK living standards predicted to stay squeezed up to election

    Think-tank says higher wages will be offset by rising taxes and mortgage payments

    Commuters near Cannon Street railway station in Londo
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    UK energy
    UK rural households set for help with converting oil boilers

    Ministers drawing up plans to require energy suppliers to increase provision of renewable liquid heating fuels

    Fuel being delivered via a lorry to a home
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A new blow for Generation Rent

    The young and lower-paid are being priced out of housing lets as well as purchases

    FT montage of a home being cut in half by a rising red line to indicate increasing housing costs
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    FT Magazine
    From leaking roofs to queues for scraps, one year in a British school

    Battered by the pandemic and the rising cost of living, UK schools like Newman Roman Catholic College in Oldham are at the front line of a profound national crisis

  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Telecoms
    UK telecoms groups under fire for adding inflation ‘premium’ to bills

    Industry defend price rises as Britons face highest tariff hikes in Europe

  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    UK economy
    UK consumer confidence starts to recover as cost of living crisis eases

    Better than expected figures for August boost recovery hopes

    Shoppers walking towards a window display in Oxford Street, London
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    News in-depthFood & Beverage
    Have consumer goods price rises peaked?

    Shoppers choosing to buy less has spooked large groups but costs unlikely to drop even as inflation moderates

    A montage of photos of KitKat, Heinz tomato ketchup and Dettol spray with British pound notes in the background
  • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
    UK society
    Falling birth rate highlights UK’s demographic challenges

    Number of live births in England and Wales last year was lowest since 2002

    Newborn babies in a maternity ward
  • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
    UK economy
    UK corporate profitability remains stable despite ‘greedflation’ claims

    Official data for first 3 months of 2023 supports Bank of England’s view that profit margins not pushing up inflation

    A shopper in a supermarket in London
  • Monday, 14 August, 2023
    The Big Read
    How the middle-class consumer is adapting to rising living costs

    Inflation and interest rates are eating into the spending power of the key demographic group, but the impact is unevenly spread

  • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
    Financial services
    Pawnbroking demand hits ‘record levels’ in UK

    Increased usage down to high inflation and shortage of alternatives, says chief of Britain’s biggest operator

    Items for sale at a pawnbroker in London
  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    UK banks
    Deposits at UK’s four biggest banks fall by £80bn

    Customers look for higher interest rates on their savings and pay off mortgages

  • Monday, 7 August, 2023
    UK retail sales
    Wet weather damps UK consumer spending

    Retail sales growth lags behind inflation rate with a rise of 1.5% in July

    People shelter under umbrellas during a downpour in London
  • Monday, 7 August, 2023
    UK financial regulation
    UK ministers accused of inaction over ‘buy now, pay later’ lenders

    Labour calls for a crackdown on ‘bad actors’ as interest-free products rise in popularity

    Buy now, pay later deals have surged among all age groups in the UK
  • Monday, 7 August, 2023
    Food Prices
    Food inflation unlikely to fall soon, BoE chief economist warns

    Supply contracts and energy and wage pressures continue to raise producers’ costs

  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    UK mortgage rates
    Three large UK lenders cut mortgage rates as inflation outlook improves

    NatWest, Halifax and Virgin Money become the latest home loan providers to reduce cost of borrowing on some products

    An aerial view of terraced homes in Crewe
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    UK inflation
    UK shop prices dip for first time in two years, industry data shows

    Decline in cost of items in July adds to evidence that high inflation may finally be easing

    Shoppers on Oxford Street, London, England in July 2023
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    Airlines
    Travellers take to the skies even as ticket prices and temperatures soar

    Companies rely on ‘resilient consumer’ as post-pandemic cross-border spending jumps

    Montage of Barbie film image, a cruise ship and and Air France jet
  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    Failures by UK tax agency leave £1.7bn dormant in Child Trust Funds, say MPs

    Public accounts committee asks HMRC to speed up its efforts to pair account holders with savings from 2002-11 scheme

    People walk past HM Revenue & Customs offices
  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    Social affairs
    Number in temporary housing in England hits 25-year high

    Homelessness rising sharply as rental and mortgage costs soar, official figures show

    People walk outside a hand-painted sign for a food bank in Leeds
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