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Cost of living crisis

This is how inflation is calculated by the Office for National Statistics (images: Adobe)

Explainer How does inflation work? ONS process to calculate cost of living

Consumer brand Which? has launched a new tracker which shows that the price of popular supermarket items such as milk, fruit and meat have more than doubled in the past year. (Credit: PA)
Consumer brand Which? has launched a new tracker which shows that the price of popular supermarket items such as milk, fruit and meat have more than doubled in the past year. (Credit: PA)

Food products 'more than double in price' over one year

The Living Pension has been launched to help lower earners put away more for retirement (image: Adobe)
The Living Pension has been launched to help lower earners put away more for retirement (image: Adobe)

Explainer Real Living Wage charity launches ‘Living Pension’ - how it works

Millions of people live in fuel poverty in England and Wales. (Image: Adobe/NationalWorld)
Millions of people live in fuel poverty in England and Wales. (Image: Adobe/NationalWorld)

Revealed: the 18 worst fuel poverty ‘hotspots’ in England and Wales

Millions of households in England and Wales are in fuel poverty. (Image: NationalWorld)
Millions of households in England and Wales are in fuel poverty. (Image: NationalWorld)

Over 1m families in extreme fuel poverty - worst hit areas revealed

With energy bills and inflation soaring, making savings on your food shop has never been more vital (image: Gety Images/PA)
With energy bills and inflation soaring, making savings on your food shop has never been more vital (image: Gety Images/PA)

Explainer How do I save money on food? 7 tips for your supermarket shop

Council tax is on the rise by up to 15% across local authorities in England - Credit: Adobe
Council tax is on the rise by up to 15% across local authorities in England - Credit: Adobe

April council tax: How to apply for support and how much will it rise?

Economists give their verdict on Jeremy Hunt’s 2023 Spring Budget. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld
Economists give their verdict on Jeremy Hunt’s 2023 Spring Budget. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Economists on the Budget: ‘money for motorists, but not for nurses’

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs
Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Jeremy Hunt is soon due to update the government’s tax and spending plans as he delivers his first official budget as Chancellor. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld
Jeremy Hunt is soon due to update the government’s tax and spending plans as he delivers his first official budget as Chancellor. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

What time is the Spring Budget today?

NationalWorld’s interactive salary calculator will show you if your salary has kept up with inflation (Image: /NationalWorld/Mark Hall)
NationalWorld’s interactive salary calculator will show you if your salary has kept up with inflation (Image: /NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Work out your real-terms pay cut with our salary calculator

The number of people in default on their debts is rising, the study found. Image: Adobe Stock/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg
The number of people in default on their debts is rising, the study found. Image: Adobe Stock/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg

The UK's stark debt divide revealed

Thousands of children in England had rotten teeth removed last year (Image: Adobe/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)
Thousands of children in England had rotten teeth removed last year (Image: Adobe/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

Children from poorer areas far more likely to have rotten teeth

The cost of used cars has shot up in the last two years (Composite: NationalWorld/Shutterstock)
The cost of used cars has shot up in the last two years (Composite: NationalWorld/Shutterstock)

Explainer Why are used car prices so high and will they drop in 2023?

(Composite: National World/Shutterstock)
(Composite: National World/Shutterstock)

Surge in unsafe cars predicted as cash-strapped drivers dodge MOT

Households are being urged to make a simple change to their boiler settings (Image: Kim Mogg)
Households are being urged to make a simple change to their boiler settings (Image: Kim Mogg)

Simple change to boiler settings could save £112 a year on bills

The number of people rough sleeping in England has risen for the first time in more than five years, as the cost of living crisis continues to take its toll. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld
The number of people rough sleeping in England has risen for the first time in more than five years, as the cost of living crisis continues to take its toll. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Rough sleeping on the rise in England amid cost of living crisis

Andy Burnham, Sadiq Khan, and Steve Rotheram, mayors of Manchester, London, and Liverpool, are among those who have signed the letter calling for a rent freeze in England. Credit: Getty Images
Andy Burnham, Sadiq Khan, and Steve Rotheram, mayors of Manchester, London, and Liverpool, are among those who have signed the letter calling for a rent freeze in England. Credit: Getty Images

City mayors join calls for ‘immediate’ rent freeze in England

Government ministers have been accused of “holding little respect for public money” after a Labour Party report found that millions had been spent on restaurant and bar tabs, duty free alcohol, and other luxury items. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld
Government ministers have been accused of “holding little respect for public money” after a Labour Party report found that millions had been spent on restaurant and bar tabs, duty free alcohol, and other luxury items. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Explainer Labour accuses Tories of ‘scandalous’ spending of taxpayer money

A skiier enjoys the snow as the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) takes place in Davos. Credit: MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images
A skiier enjoys the snow as the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) takes place in Davos. Credit: MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images

Tory MPs enjoy gifted skiing lessons amidst cost of living crisis

Housing charity, Crisis, estimates that 145,000 affordable homes are needed in England each year.
Housing charity, Crisis, estimates that 145,000 affordable homes are needed in England each year.

Exclusive: 128,000 extra affordable homes needed every year

Asda gives out free breakfasts for children in partnership with Quaker Oats
Asda gives out free breakfasts for children in partnership with Quaker Oats

Explainer Asda is offering free hot breakfasts to kids this half-term

The UK’s rental sector has been plunged into chaos over the past year. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld
The UK’s rental sector has been plunged into chaos over the past year. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Huge queues, soaring prices and despair: tales of the UK rental crisis

Activists from Greenpeace set up a mock-petrol station price board displaying the Shell's net profit for 2022 (Getty)
Activists from Greenpeace set up a mock-petrol station price board displaying the Shell's net profit for 2022 (Getty)

Shell’s profits prove that a proper windfall tax is long overdue Nick Mitchell

Rents in the UK have just hit the highest rate on record. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld
Rents in the UK have just hit the highest rate on record. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Why the rental market spiralled out of control - and what happens next

A smart meter indicating that it is on a ‘Prepayment tariff’ (Photo: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)
A smart meter indicating that it is on a ‘Prepayment tariff’ (Photo: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Shapps tells energy providers to stop switching to prepayment meters

Best energy efficient portable heaters: models to heat single rooms
Best energy efficient portable heaters: models to heat single rooms

Best energy efficient portable heaters: models to heat single rooms

Money saving tips for drivers: how to cut your motoring bills

Composite image of Simon Clarke and nurses striking for extra pay. Picture: Parliament/ Getty Images
Composite image of Simon Clarke and nurses striking for extra pay. Picture: Parliament/ Getty Images

Explainer MP’s ‘heartless’ comments on nurses using food banks slammed by RCN

21 totally free or very cheap things you can do with your partner on Valentine’s Day
21 totally free or very cheap things you can do with your partner on Valentine’s Day

21 Valentine’s Day date ideas: totally free or cheap things you can do

Lisa Petty is expecting a bill of up to £30,000 to remove the unsafe cladding fitted on her home. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld
Lisa Petty is expecting a bill of up to £30,000 to remove the unsafe cladding fitted on her home. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Woman trapped in flat with Grenfell cladding facing £30k removal bill

Best portable power stations to prepare for a power outage
Best portable power stations to prepare for a power outage

Best portable power stations to prepare for a power outage

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during a visit to UCL at Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. Picture date: Thursday January 5, 2023. Credit: PA
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during a visit to UCL at Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. Picture date: Thursday January 5, 2023. Credit: PA

Keir Starmer pinches Vote Leave slogan with new Take Back Control bill

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his first major domestic speech of 2023 at Plexal, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. Picture date: Wednesday January 4, 2023. Credit: PA
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his first major domestic speech of 2023 at Plexal, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. Picture date: Wednesday January 4, 2023. Credit: PA

Rishi Sunak: the key points from Prime Minister’s new year speech

The best smart thermostats to heat your home this winter for less
The best smart thermostats to heat your home this winter for less

The best smart thermostats to control the temperature in your home

The government has been accused of “rank double standards” after giving almost £30 million in high-street vouchers to civil servants - whilst also enforcing a pay freeze prompted by the cost of living crisis. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld
The government has been accused of “rank double standards” after giving almost £30 million in high-street vouchers to civil servants - whilst also enforcing a pay freeze prompted by the cost of living crisis. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Civil servants paid millions in high-street vouchers amid pay freeze

More people will be forced out of mental health services if no new cash is invested in the sector within the next two years, experts have warned. Credit: PA
More people will be forced out of mental health services if no new cash is invested in the sector within the next two years, experts have warned. Credit: PA

Explainer More people face being forced out of NHS mental health services

King Charles III is seen during the recording of his first Christmas broadcast in the Quire of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, on December 13, 2022 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Victoria Jones - Pool/Getty Images)
King Charles III is seen during the recording of his first Christmas broadcast in the Quire of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, on December 13, 2022 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Victoria Jones - Pool/Getty Images)

King praises cost of living crisis help in first Christmas broadcast

Pictures of happy customers. Credit: James Anderson / Depher
Pictures of happy customers. Credit: James Anderson / Depher

A hero plumber is working for free to help those in need

Energy Price Guarantee: Black and Asian families spend more on energy compared to white families - so could be hardest hit when energy prices go up in April (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)
Energy Price Guarantee: Black and Asian families spend more on energy compared to white families - so could be hardest hit when energy prices go up in April (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

End of energy price cap ‘a disaster’ for black and Asian families

Food inflation in November: prices are up to 45% higher for some foods compared to last year - and some Christmas dinner items are affected (Image: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)
Food inflation in November: prices are up to 45% higher for some foods compared to last year - and some Christmas dinner items are affected (Image: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

Christmas 2022: 20 foods with the biggest price rises since last year

Eleven NHS trusts across England currently have food banks in place for staff (Graphic: NationalWorld)
Eleven NHS trusts across England currently have food banks in place for staff (Graphic: NationalWorld)

Exclusive: 11 NHS Trusts in England have opened food banks for staff

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)
Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

NationalWorld launches food bank campaign with Trussell Trust

A watchdog has told MPs they can host Christmas parties at taxpayers’ expense. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld
A watchdog has told MPs they can host Christmas parties at taxpayers’ expense. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

MPs told they can expense Christmas parties for staff to taxpayers

Asda has faced criticism in the past for not stocking its value range widely enough - and online shoppers now face shortages on new Just Essentials items (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)
Asda has faced criticism in the past for not stocking its value range widely enough - and online shoppers now face shortages on new Just Essentials items (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Exclusive: Asda shoppers’ postcode lottery on value range shortages

Seventeen British energy suppliers have been failing vulnerable customers Ofgem has found (Photo: Adobe)
Seventeen British energy suppliers have been failing vulnerable customers Ofgem has found (Photo: Adobe)

17 energy suppliers failing vulnerable customers named by Ofgem

Value range inflation: Sainsbury’s raised the price of its budget feta cheese by 86% in just one month, from 70p to £1.30. (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)
Value range inflation: Sainsbury’s raised the price of its budget feta cheese by 86% in just one month, from 70p to £1.30. (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Exclusive: supermarkets raise value range prices by up to 86%

Downing Street has denied reports that the UK is considering a Swiss-style relationship with the EU post-Brexit. Credit: Getty Images
Downing Street has denied reports that the UK is considering a Swiss-style relationship with the EU post-Brexit. Credit: Getty Images

Government denies UK is considering Swiss-style links with EU

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out new cost of living support payments (Photo: Adobe)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out new cost of living support payments (Photo: Adobe)

New £900 cost of living payment confirmed for ‘vulnerable people’

The cast of Neighbours in the finale
The cast of Neighbours in the finale

Neighbours to make a comeback on Amazon Freevee - how to watch

Rishi Sunak married Akshata Murthy in 2009 (image: PA)
Rishi Sunak married Akshata Murthy in 2009 (image: PA)

Akshata Murty: who is Rishi Sunak’s wife and non dom status explained

Rishi Sunak is fighting for his political future after revelations about his family’s tax affairs and him holding a US green card while in office (image: Adobe/Getty Images)
Rishi Sunak is fighting for his political future after revelations about his family’s tax affairs and him holding a US green card while in office (image: Adobe/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak tax scandal: green card and non dom controversy explained

Cost of living crisis: hundreds of basic grocery products at major UK supermarkets have seen price rises over the last six months (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)
Cost of living crisis: hundreds of basic grocery products at major UK supermarkets have seen price rises over the last six months (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Exclusive: supermarkets raise value range prices by up to 65%

Liz Truss has already backtracked on some of the 2019 Tory manifesto pledges. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld
Liz Truss has already backtracked on some of the 2019 Tory manifesto pledges. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Every 2019 Conservative manifesto pledge Liz Truss has broken so far

Games console re-sale value can range from an Xbox One at £110 to a Nintendo Switch at £200. Credit: PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images
Games console re-sale value can range from an Xbox One at £110 to a Nintendo Switch at £200. Credit: PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images

How to cash in on your old electricals in the cost of living crisis

A new investigation has revealed the scale of the car finance debt burden in the UK. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld
A new investigation has revealed the scale of the car finance debt burden in the UK. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Exclusive: car industry risks ‘imploding’ in cost of living crisis