“It’s working families.” Rosemary Ashworth, deputy chief executive of The Hygiene Bank, is describing the people who can no longer afford the products they need to keep clean. Among them are people who previously felt financially secure. Working families! The…
Energy UK, the suppliers’ trade body, demands immediate government action to help households pay their bills. Prices have just risen by 4 percent; forecasts point to another rise of 16 percent in January. Delay, the suppliers warn, will produce a…
Food banks across north of Ireland are cutting the size of emergency parcels, reducing their opening hours and warning that they could close altogether as donations fail to keep pace with demand. Enniskillen Foodbank in County Fermanagh has enough money…
More than 1.1 million low-income families in privately rented homes face a growing struggle to cover their rent after Local Housing Allowance was frozen while market rents continued to rise. The Resolution Foundation has warned that without action from John…
The Scottish government is consulting on plans to cap the prices of up to 50 essential food products, including milk, eggs, cheese and rice. Large supermarkets would have to offer at least one version of each product at the capped…
Almost half of Britain’s households live in areas where economic growth isn’t translating into better living standards, according to consultancy PwC. Its report puts the figure at 12.5 million households, or 46 percent of the total. The findings cut through…
Europe is heading towards winter with its gas stores at their lowest level in 13 years, raising the prospect of another surge in household energy bills. EU storage facilities were only 63 percent full in the final week of August….
Millions of households face another sharp rise in energy costs this autumn, with prices set to increase by nearly 4 percent in October. Cornwall Insight predicts a further 9 percent rise in January, just as winter demand reaches its peak….
Millions of households face another winter of fuel poverty as Ofgem prepares to raise its energy price cap to a three-year high. Energy consultancy Cornwall Insight expects the cap to rise by 4 percent from October, following a much sharper…
Household energy bills across Great Britain are expected to reach a three-year high this winter, wiping out Andy Burnham’s much-advertised electricity tax cut before it even takes effect. Cornwall Insight expects Ofgem’s energy price cap to rise by 4 per…
