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The video streaming industry has reached a tipping point.
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Parents told us how the ever-present juggle of budgets and the realities of family life strained relationships and increased their mental load.
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The top 40% most energy efficient homes aren’t counted as being in fuel poverty, no matter what their bills or income are.
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I believe that young people today face unprecedented pressures to excel academically, professionally and socially.
Customers buy groceries in a shopping centre in Mthatha, South Africa.
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Keeping an eye out for where you can boost your savings or reduce expenses when times are tough can improve your financial wellbeing.
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The COVID pandemic, climate events and international conflicts have all contributed, while supermarket giants have been accused of price gouging.
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A large majority of Australian taxpayers will benefit from the revised tax package, despite the impact of bracket creep over the next decade. But long term, these tax cuts come at a high price.
A new study has found that nearly two-thirds of Canadians and Americans are significantly rent-burdened.
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Most research on unaffordable housing has focused on homeownership, but rental affordability is also a serious issue.
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The UK benefits system does not systematically cater for the basic household needs of healthy eating and domestic energy.
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We should not be afraid of inflation being higher than 2%.
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Small adjustments can make a significant difference.
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Prepping is fast becoming mainstream, but new government advice fails to address inequality, and could cause division between the haves and have-nots.
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Trends of global power tensions, open war, democratic decline and extreme job market fluctuations are likely to continue in 2024
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, like other central bank heads, has been trying to see a way through a recent inflation crisis.
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The UK, eurozone and US inflation stories have diverged, which means each economy is now fighting a distinct battle with prices rises, which could require very different weapons.
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Tackling the cost of living crisis and raising UK living standards requires a joined-up response, but the autumn statement didn’t give much indication of that.
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Capital-driven regeneration projects rarely deliver because they focus on profit, not local people’s needs.
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Prices remain high and there is much more the government could do to help people.
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Researchers spent months volunteering with Fans Supporting Foodbanks to see how left-behind communities were fighting food poverty.
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Unrealistic criteria and poor communication are causing people who need it most to lose an important income support.
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Britain’s energy price cap is lower than last year but there are still several factors that could increase energy costs this winter.