Cost of living

One in five workers are putting parenthood plans on hold

Employees delay parenthood due to concerns over parental leave

Nearly half of homeowners have incurred late payment fees

Disorganised households estimate they pay an extra £801 on bills

Novuna Consumer Finance is one of the UK's leading providers of retail point of sale finance and personal loans

Ad Feature One in eight households couldn't cover essentials for two months

Attending the NIIAS Winter Fair Breakfast Seminar 2025, l to r: Clarence Calderwood, United Feeds; Nick Whelan, Dale Farm and Alan Hopps, CAFRE.

Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science completes another busy year

A poll of 2,000 adults found 83 per cent have tightened purse strings during the past 12 months.

Brits have cut back more than £1000 due to rising costs

Brits feel some aspects of their own life are ‘out of control’ – from family life to work and finances.

Brits want control in life as over 'half' feel overwhelmed

Abby McNicol was one of the four lucky winners who won the SPAR Frozen Fortune £10k prize

Ad Feature These four lucky shoppers scooped £10,000 from their local SPAR

Almost half use loyalty programmes as a way of saving around the festive period

Four in 10 adults are worried about the cost of Christmas this year

'Lifestyle inflation' is to blame, according to 4,000 adults

Fewer than one in 10 millennials have hit their financial goals

Motorists forked out millions for unexpected repairs in the last year

Millions of households entitled to final cost of living payment

Millions of households entitled to final cost of living payment

Rightmove have released their forecast for 2024.

Rightmove forecast for property buying in the UK next year

Aspiring UK homeowners aren't feeling so optimistic

The top 10 business challenges CEOs face

The dates benefits recipients can expect their payments over Christmas and New Year in 2023

The dates benefits recipients can expect their payments over Christmas

Grocery inflation has fallen again, helping lower costs for shoppers

Breaking Grocery inflation drops again with butter now 16p cheaper
Grocery inflation has shrunk yet again, with a dip in prices helping to slightly ease the cost of living crisis for millions
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Sharon White poses with her award after she was made a Dame CBE, for public service, next to her husband Sir Robert Chote (Photo by Andrew Matthews - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Breaking John Lewis boss Dame Sharon White to step down

Young couples struggle to sort out housing before marriage and kids

Millions of people are receiving payments to help with high bills amid the cost of living crisis - what further support is coming in 2023?

Cost of living payment: What other support is coming in 2023?

An Iceland store is pictured. The supermarket has slashed the price of1,000 of its weekly staples to help families through the cost of living crisis.

Iceland slashes price of over 1,000 weekly essential items - see list

Millions of people in receipt of the State Pension will receive an additional payment over the coming months.

DWP to send out ‘bonus’ payments to millions before Christmas

People walk near the Jobcentre in Westminster.

DWP warning over Universal Credit changes coming in October

Doreen Thompson adjusts her thermostat at her home as she limits her use of heating to keep up with her increasing energy bills, at her home in south London.

Ofgem chief’s warning energy bills could be ‘even higher’ this winter

The UK economy shrank by 0.5% in July, prompting more recession fears.

Recession fears as UK economy shrinks by ‘more than expected’ in July

Martin Lewis has urged people to stock up on this important household item before it soars in price next month.

Martin Lewis’s MSE urges people to stock up on item before price hike

Library image of Martin Lewis from Money Saving Expert speaking to an audience of Londoners about the challenges they are facing as a result of the rising cost of living, hosted by London Mayor, Sadiq Khan at City Hall in London. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Martin Lewis predicts when £300 cost of living payment will land

Here are 15 foods you can eat past their expiration date, saving money and reducing food waste.

15 foods you can eat way past their expiration date
Judging perishable foods based on their expiry date rather than their appearance or smell means people are wasting perfectly good food - and throwing their money in the bin.
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The next cost of living payments will be paid in autumn 2023 and spring 2024.

Cost of living payment 2023: When will the next instalment be paid?

Tesco to make major change to Express stores to help customers save money

Tesco to make major change to stores to help customers save

Here are eight important money changes coming in August 2023.

8 money changes coming in August 2023 including Ofgem price cap

Jordan and Fae Vye outside their farmhouse in Bulgaria.

Family unable to afford UK mortgage moved to Bulgaria and saved £293k

A food guru has shared 10 tips that could cut your shopping bills in half including always looking at the lowest placed items on a shelf, avoiding the bigger trolleys and investing more in the frozen food aisle.

Expert’s money saving tips that could slash your shopping bill in half

Morrisons trolleys. (Pic credit: Rob Stothard / Getty Images)

Morrisons cuts prices of over 150 products including bread and beer

Alcohol is set to become more expensive in the UK next month over a taxes shake-up, with industry chiefs warning it will “heap misery” on consumers and further fuel inflation - see full list of price rises.

Alcohol prices to rise over tax change - full list including wine

M&S make major change to loyalty scheme as it eyes up Tesco Clubcard

M&S make major change to loyalty scheme as it eyes up Tesco Clubcard

Stock drinking picture, photo from Johnny Green PA Images

Price of a pint rockets by 50 pence in just one year

Eating out is expensive at the best of times but “massive price hikes” on every day items mean families are now even struggling to serve up homemade meals.

Family mealtimes now ‘nightmare’ as cost of staples surge

Depop entrepreneur Callum Massey poses in a bath full of deadstock nike beanies from 2002 that he purchased and resold on the site.

Student sold unwanted clothes on Depop for extra cash - and made £250k

People will have more time to boost their pensions by tens of thousands of pounds after a two-year extension to a major deadline was approved - how to find out if you’ll receieve full pay on retirement.

Deadline to boost pensions by potentially £10,000s extended to 2025

Interactive chart shows which supermarkets have biggest price rises

Sainsbury’s makes another huge change to Nectar Prices

Sainsbury’s makes another huge change to help customes save money

Amadeu Catanho, Owner of Crispy Cod Fish Bar, Bristol.

Third of UK fish and chip shops ‘could close’ due to soaring costs

Aldi to ‘turn off the lights’ in all UK stores in a bid to save cash

Aldi to make huge change to all stores in a bid to save cash

Guy, Viki and Baby Leon, Landmatters Permaculture Community, Devon as the young couple talk about their journey to off grid living.

Couple quit rat race for a commune - and say they’d ‘never go back’

The Government says around £130million worth of energy vouchers are still available to help with energy costs - you could be due a payment of up to £400, but there isn’t long left.

Households urged to cash in unused energy vouchers before deadline

Tim Sunderland and his fiancée, Sally Biddal, in Spain.

Couple who fled London to live in Spain are ‘saving £1,000 a month’

Sainsbury’s has slashed the price of more than 40 dairy products

Sainsbury’s slashes the price of 40 popular products by up to 60%

Campaigners have urged the Government to extend Wednesday’s deadline for the “alternative fund” of the Energy Bill Support Scheme.

Households have 1 day left to apply for £400 help towards energy bills

A smart meter displaying electricity usage is seen in a domestic property in south London. Photo for illustrative purposes.

Octopus relaunches popular tariff that could help save energy cash

People in England, Scotland and Wales are set to see a significant drop in their energy bills in July after Ofgem slashed the energy price cap.

Ofgem energy price cap cut - exact date bills will drop

Inflation has dropped below 10 percent for the first time since last year

Breaking Inflation drops to 8.7% for first time since last year - what it means

Universal Credit and other benefit claimants are set to be hit by another payment shake-up this week.

Benefit claimants will be hit by another payment shake-up this week

These are the top 40 ‘non-negotiables’ for people in the UK

The government has extended the scheme which gives savers at 50 percent bonus until 2025

Government extends money scheme to boosts your savings by 50 percent

Martin Lewis has issued an important warning about energy prices. The consumer champion claims despite record-high energy costs being forecast to fall this summer, households aren’t set to feel “any real benefit”.

Breaking Martin Lewis’s ‘monumental’ warning on energy prices and bills

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