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

Sick of soaring bills? They’re not all going up

The household bill that costs less than 10 years ago

Straiton Retail Park in Midlothian.

Shoplifting up by nearly 50 per cent as cost of living hits stores

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

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

Energy bills are expected to fall by just 1% in January — around £22 a year (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Your energy bill may fall by £22 in January - but rises loom in April

The Bank of England has kept interest rates at 4% for the second time in a row (Photos: Getty Images)

Bank of England holds rates at 4% - what it means for your money

An elderly couple watches as members of the Afghan community and Londoners fly kites on Hampstead Heath. UK pensioners are set for a likely 4.8% state pension rise from April 2026 (Photo: CARLOS JASSO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK pensioners set to see £241 weekly from 2026 after 4.8% increase

Around 460,000 UK workers on the voluntary Real Living Wage will see a 6.7% pay rise this year (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Thousands to get £2,400 pay boost as UK Real Living Wage rises

Chris Murray, MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

Edinburgh MP “thrilled” with £20m funding announcement

The cost of many store cupboard essentials has soared in the UK since the 1970s

How the cost of your shopping basket has changed, from 1960 to today

How much are fans being charged per day to go to some of the UK's biggest music festivals in 2025?

The 10 most expensive UK music festivals per day

Ticket prices are getting more expensive each year, but at what point does it become financially untenable to see your favourite act?

Is the cost of going to a concert becoming less accessible for fans?

Young people across the UK have a lot of big worries on their plates

5 of the biggest concerns for children in 2025

The charity expects to have a £1 million deficit

Dog and cat charity issues call to action after record admissions
An Edinburgh animal charity has issued a call to action after a year that saw record admissions.
Callum McCormack

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

An award-winning chippy in West Lothian has closed for good.

Popular chippy that won lots of awards closes leaving locals 'gutted'

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

Gareth used a company’s online quote service to see if he could save some money

How I saved £140 a month on bills during ‘Awful April’

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UK's largest supermarket to give away free food items to cut waste

Lewis & Clarke, a popular cafe on Main Street in Gifford, East Lothian, has announced its sad closure.

Popular cafe with 'best afternoon tea for miles' set to close

Bundle energy, broadband and insurance with UW

Ultimate consumer hack: how bundling household bills can save money

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Inflation hits 10-month high driven by travel and food cost increases

A statue has been unveiled as part of a campaign to highlight the issue of pensioner poverty this winter.

'Freezing and forgotten': Ice sculpture leads winter fuel cuts plea

(Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

'I'm tired of it' - Brits fed up with being 'ripped off' as bills rise

How much is it costing unsigned UK musicians to 'make it' in 2025?

How much money it really takes to make it in UK music
The cost of ‘making it’ as a musician in the UK in 2025 🎶💲🎸
Benjamin Jackson

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

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The 'Coupon King' shares his tips and simple hacks to save big in 2025

Household Support Fund returns with up to £500 available for families

How much would it cost a small band to tour an area such as Yorkshire in 2024? We put together a hypothetical music tour to get an idea of the cost of touring in recent times.

How much would it cost a small band to tour the UK in 2024?

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

Fewer than one in 10 millennials have hit their financial goals

Annabel Fenwick Elliott and son Jasper in Mauritius.

Watch: Woman leaves UK so she can afford to be a stay-at-home mum

Harris Butchers, located on Kingsknowe Road North in Edinburgh, served its last customers on Saturday, September 21.

Edinburgh butchers shop famous for its tasty pies suddenly closes

Review of Netflix and if its worth it in 2024. Photo: MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images/ National World

Is Netflix worth the money in 2024? Full review Matthew Mohan-Hickson

Thousands set to receive £250 payment - but deadline is just days away

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Thousands of UK households to receive up to £600 in government support

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The Royal Mint is 'scrapping' these widely used coins as demand drops

Every Sunday, The Real Greek will be offering free kids meals, for every £10 spent by an accompanying adult. The offer is available to children under 12 and will include a kids meal, a drink and an ice cream or sorbet.

8 places where you can grab free meals for children over summer

The UK's most affordable university cities for students aren't always the first place you'd think of to study (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

The 11 cheapest UK cities for university students named

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UK city leaps into top 10 most expensive cities for expats

Numerous products are being kept in security boxes at supermarkets - including £2 chocolate bars (Photo: James Linsell Clark/SWNS)

Major supermarket locks down £2 item in anti-theft boxes

Motorists forked out millions for unexpected repairs in the last year

Project Peter Pan

'We are not snowflakes - it's soul destroying'

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

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

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