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Cost-Of-Living Crisis
A household energy bill displayed on a mobile phone held next to a gas hob
Energy / 21 November 2025
Millions face shock New Year’s Day hike in energy bills
21 November 2025
An elderly lady with her electric fire on at home in Liverpool
Cost-of Living Crisis / 19 November 2025
‘A worsening of a terrible norm’
19 November 2025

Government urged to tackle high electricity prices and boost insulation in next week’s Budget as elderly, low-income families and homeless people struggle to stay warm

Money stacked on top of an energy bill,
Editorial / 19 November 2025
It’s the monopoly power stitch-up that keeps our energy prices high
19 November 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking during a press conference on the Immigration White Paper in the Downing Street Briefing Room in London. The Immigration White Paper is being presented as part of Government efforts to reduce net migration into the UK, with the figure reaching 728,000 in 2024
Britain / 31 October 2025
Stop this fake migrant panic
31 October 2025

New poll exposes fears around migration as ‘manufactured’

Money is stacked on top of an energy bill, February 3, 2025
Cost-of Living Crisis / 30 October 2025
Calls mount to fund energy debt relief through excess profits as households face bill hikes
30 October 2025
An online energy bill
Cost-of-living Crisis / 23 October 2025
Reeves urged to tackle energy bills by TUC as wages still suffering from 'Tory hangover'
23 October 2025
The Bank of England, London
Editorial / 22 October 2025
A re-forged working class for itself is the only antidote to capitalism’s endless malaise
22 October 2025
A �10 note issued by the Bank of England featuring a portrait of King Charles III in a piggy bank. Picture date: Tuesday August 20, 2024
Cost-of-living Crisis / 12 August 2025
Maximum maintenance loan covers just half of students’ costs, study finds
12 August 2025
Labour MP for Leeds East, Richard Burgon
Wealth Tax / 22 July 2025
Richard Burgon delivers 80,000-strong petition calling for wealth tax
22 July 2025
Generation Rent UK activists
Renters' Rights / 1 July 2025
Labour urged to act to stop taxpayer money enriching landlords
1 July 2025
BFAWU general secretary Sarah Woolley
BFAWU Conference 2025 / 17 June 2025
Supermarket giants should be banned from raising food prices when production costs fall, bakers' union leader says
17 June 2025
Nick Pampoukidis / Creative Commons
Cost-of-living Crisis / 30 May 2025
Private renters hit by double the inflation on household costs than home owners
30 May 2025
The OVO Energy app on a mobile phone is held against a laptop screen, March 26, 2023
Energy / 28 May 2025
Labour faces backlash if warm homes pledge watered down
28 May 2025
Money stacked on top of a council tax bill
Council Tax / 27 May 2025
Over 4.4 million have fallen behind on their council tax, research finds
27 May 2025
A person using a banking app on their phone in London, showing the amount of spending on bills, April 1, 2025
Cost-of-living Crisis / 8 May 2025
Almost half of working Brits would struggle to pay for essentials within a month of losing income, finds Big Issue
8 May 2025
An online energy bill
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 5 May 2025
Nationalise energy companies to win back working class trust from Reform, Usdaw delegates say
5 May 2025
Britain / 6 June 2022
Government's response to cost-of-living crisis has favoured the wealthy, Labour hits out
6 June 2022
Britain / 29 May 2022
Mother ‘self-disconnects’ from gas supply to avoid surging prices
29 May 2022
Britain / 27 May 2022
Cost-of-living plan needed urgently, Chancellor! The bills ‘aren’t going down anytime soon’
27 May 2022
Government urged to begin insulating homes and assist those struggling between paying bills and feeding their children
A central heating thermostat
Britain / 25 May 2022
Campaigners call for emergency Budget and review of energy sector as cost-of-living continues to soar
25 May 2022
Model houses on a pile of coins and bank notes
Britain / 23 May 2022
Government ‘dithering and delaying’ over support for cost-of-living crisis
23 May 2022
‘If Johnson is serious about helping families, then we need UC boost and £10 an hour minimum wage,’ TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady tells the Star
Britain / 21 May 2022
Hundreds of grocery items more than 20% pricier over last two years, finds Which?
21 May 2022
Rishi Sunak speaking at the CBI annual dinner at the Brewery
Britain / 19 May 2022
Charities, businesses and MPs demand Sunak tackles Britain's cost-of-living crisis
19 May 2022
Government in chaos over windfall tax on oil and gas companies
Britain / 18 May 2022
As inflation soars to 40-year high, unions warn millions of low-paid workers are being driven into absolute poverty
18 May 2022
‘With prices surging and wages slumping, many households don’t have enough cash to cover the basics,’ Unison warns
Chancellor Rishi Sunak during a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downin
Editorial: / 18 May 2022
Government won't rein in prices – so we need a union offensive on pay
18 May 2022
Editorial: / 17 May 2022
Labour needs headline policies that mobilise millions. So nationalise energy
17 May 2022
Britain / 13 May 2022
More people buying less food due to cost-of-living crisis
13 May 2022
Office for National Statistics finds that 41% of adults cutting back on grocery shopping
Britain / 10 May 2022
There is ‘overwhelming case for a windfall tax on profits from energy producers,’ Tesco boss says
10 May 2022
Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis says ministers have ‘not delivered anywhere near enough to help workers’
Britain / 6 May 2022
Nearly 73% of voters think government ‘has not done enough’ to help with the rising cost of living, snap poll finds
6 May 2022
Britain / 1 May 2022
Scottish Water bosses paid ‘obscene’ bonuses amid upcoming bill hike
1 May 2022
Vegetables on display at Coton Farm Shop in Cambridgeshire
Britain / 29 April 2022
4 in 10 people have bought less food in past two weeks due to rising cost of living, survey finds
29 April 2022
Britain / 27 April 2022
Johnson is an ‘ostrich with his head in the sand,’ Labour slams
27 April 2022
Sir Keir Starmer blasts PM over his government's inaction on the cost-of-living crisis
Editorial: / 22 April 2022
Shrinking real incomes are government policy – and the working class needs to fight back
22 April 2022
Rail tickets and money
Britain / 19 April 2022
Temporary rail fare cuts should be made permanent, rail workers demand
19 April 2022
Campaigners dressed as Rishi Sunak protest outside the Treas
Britain / 12 April 2022
Unions demand government action after figures show biggest squeeze on public-sector pay for 20 years
12 April 2022
Britain / 6 April 2022
Scottish Labour MSP calls for rent freeze for all tenants as cost of living ‘spirals out of control’
6 April 2022