Income poverty rates similar to pre-pandemic levels

25th March 2024 Consumer Collections |

New official household income statistics released IFS funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust has found that the real incomes of the poorest third of households were roughly the same in 2022-23 as in 2019-20, despite the Covid pandemic and the cost of living crisis. But other measures of material…

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Over half of adults do not have a will

25th March 2024 News |

New research from Canada Life has revealed that over half of adults (51%) have not written a will, nor are they currently in the process of writing one. This includes 13% of people who state they have no intention to write a will in the future. Nearly a third (30%) of those 55 or over…

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Six in ten nurses turning to credit as costs rise

25th March 2024 Consumer Collections |

A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has found that 77% say they are worse off than a year ago. The findings from the survey reveal a nursing workforce struggling desperately with living costs, with more than three quarters (77%) saying they are financially worse off than 12 months ago. Over two thirds…

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