cost of living
Number of Londoners using food banks doubles, new figures show
Almost 96,000 people collected three days emergency food aid from a London food bank in the last financial year.
4,000 households at risk of losing their home
A rise in interest rates could tip many people into the danger zone, says charity.
Miliband and the minimum wage: extending the recovery to the low paid
Ensuring that the minimum wage begins to catch up with median earnings will mean the low paid enjoying some of the benefits of the economic recovery that the affluent are seeing.
Cost of living crisis over? Three things the Tory press won’t tell you this week
Recovery. What recovery? asks James Bloodworth.
Five signs the cost of living crisis is far from over
Don't believe the coalition hype. The so-called 'cost of living crisis' is far from over, writes James Bloodworth.
It’s time to be bold on the Living Wage
If we believe that a Living Wage should apply to all, then we must be prepared to consider how we achieve it, writes Karen Jennings.