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  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Food Prices
    UK food prices rise at record rate, Kantar data shows

    March grocery inflation of 17.5% adds £837 to average household’s annual bill, market research reveals

  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    UK inflation
    Fruit and vegetable shortages push UK food inflation to record high

    Annual price rise hits 15% in March as cost of living crisis shows no sign of letting up

  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    UK government expected to offer energy companies windfall tax relief

    Lower fuel prices spur hopes the levy will be reformed as sector is being encouraged to invest in new projects

  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    UK business & economy
    British retail sales jump as consumer confidence improves

    1.2% increase in February comes despite rising inflation and interest rates

  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    UK retail industry
    UK retailers to raise concerns over new recycling scheme with ministers

    Companies warn initiative will lead to higher costs for consumers without boosting environment

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Personal pensions
    Employers urged to boost UK staff pension pots

    Living Wage Foundation warns of future crisis affecting millions

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    UK public finances
    UK public borrowing rises on energy support schemes

    February figure of £16.7bn is higher than expected

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    Property sector
    UK renters bear the brunt of rising housing costs

    Owner occupiers face higher bills as they refinance this year

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    UK business & economy
    Visits to UK’s top tourist attractions struggle to recover after pandemic

    Cost of living fears and drop in Chinese visitors hitting most-popular sites

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    UK Budget
    Hunt’s workforce plan to cost £70,000 per person entering UK employment

    IFS analysis shows chancellor’s policy package will have a high price tag for relatively limited gains

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    News in-depthIreland
    Ireland’s housing crisis leaves refugees and homeless in desperate plight

    Evictions of tenants resume and numbers of asylum seekers rise while country is short of 250,000 homes

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    Ian Smith
    Debates over insurance pricing fairness have not gone away

    Campaigners argue it should be regarded as an essential service, and scrutinised accordingly

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    UK Budget
    Budget help welcome but not enough, says struggling coastal town

    Hastings has been hit by one of the sharpest national increases in rents

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    Bloomsbury raises profit forecasts as readers escape ‘too much reality’

    Publisher says demand for fantasy novels rising amid cost of living crisis and war in Ukraine

  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    Londoners more likely to struggle with mortgages than rest of UK, says regulator

    High house prices leave capital particularly exposed to rising home loan costs, Financial Conduct Authority warns

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Hit to UK childcare benefits deters low-income parents from working

    Citizens Advice says squeeze has occurred because of limit on universal credit funds

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Funds worth £800mn in dormant accounts to boost communities in England

    Ministers to release more forgotten money in push to support social and environmental initiatives

  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    UK house prices
    UK house prices suffer biggest fall in a decade as higher interest rates bite

    Nationwide figures show a greater than expected 1.1% drop in year to February

  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    Legal services
    Law firms warn of tougher fee negotiations and payment delays

    Companies seek to cut legal costs by requesting discounts and payment delays

  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    UK inflation
    Record UK grocery inflation has added £811 to yearly bill, survey finds

    Annual food prices rose 17.1% in February, research by Kantar shows, as consumers switched to discount supermarkets

  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    UK energy
    UK energy regulator lowers household price cap

    Consumers will still pay more from April as government reduces subsidies

  • Friday, 24 February, 2023
    UK business & economy
    UK consumer confidence hits highest level since April 2022

    Forecast-beating rebound points to household resilience despite cost of living crisis

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    UK employment
    UK council workers’ pay offer adds to pressure on ministers

    About 1.5mn low-paid local government employees offered wage uplift worth more than 20% over two years

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    James Max
    Rich People’s Problems: I just haven’t got enough money

    Where do I start if I want to take a hatchet to personal spending?

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    Iberdrola SA
    Iberdrola to fight Spanish windfall tax in courts

    Challenge raises stakes in battle between big energy businesses and Socialist-led government

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