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New analysis from Age UK has indicated that one-in-five (21 per cent) older households are living in poverty or just above the poverty line and/ or are in receipt of income-related benefits. The Charity is warning that these older households, which include some of the poorest and most vulnerable older people in England, will miss…
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The Chancellor delivered a Spring Statement which will reduce fuel duty on petrol and diesel by 5p per litre for the next year and announces a £5 billion income tax cut from 2024. The National Insurance starting thresholds will rise to £12,570 from July. The Government says that the tax cut, worth over £6 billion,…
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The Chancellor’s failure to support families through the cost of living crisis will mean that absolute poverty is expected to rise by 1.3 million people next year according to the Resolution Foundation’s analysis of Spring Statement 2022. Inflation Nation shows that faced with an unprecedented squeeze on family’s household finances and a significant boost to…
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New analysis by Jubilee Debt Campaign has found that the number of households struggling with a heavy debt burden has increased by a third in 2021. According to the analysis of the Bank of England’s household survey, the percentage of households reporting that loan and interest payments were a heavy financial burden increased by 35%…
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A new report from Demos, produced in partnership with Lowell has identified a number of areas subject to the ‘double whammy’ of high financial vulnerability and limited access to affordable credit. As UK households are hit by rising prices, the latest update to the UK Financial Vulnerability Index (FVI), a joint project of Lowell and…
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New analysis from the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) highlights the stark impact of a scheduled real-terms cut to benefits next month, as rising energy costs threaten to devastate the living standards of families on the lowest incomes. The analysis shows the impact of rising energy costs on household budgets. It finds that once housing…
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One in seven (an estimated 7.9 million) UK adults is behind on at least one household bill and one in eight (an estimated 6.2 million) have gone without heating, water or electricity in the last three months as a result of rising costs, according to new research from the Money Advice Trust. The charity, which…
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Two in five people receiving Universal Credit were forced into debt this winter as payments failed to cover soaring cost of living according to new research by the Trussell Trust. Trussell Trust says new research has revealed the true and devastating consequences of the current cost of living crisis, with hundreds of thousands of families…
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The poorest households could see their cost of living jump by as much as 10% by this autumn, the Resolution Foundation think-tank has warned. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that the unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points between November and January to 3.9%. Meanwhile, the number of UK workers on payrolls rose by…
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Latest figures from the Insolvency Service have indicated that personal insolvencies in England & Wales increased by 15.8% to 9,825 in February 2022 compared to 8,486 in January, and were 43.7% higher than February 2021’s figure of 6,839. They were also 14.4% higher than in February 2020 (8,590). There were 2,242 DROs and 588 bankruptcies. The…
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Latest statistics from the Insolvency Service have indicated that Northern Irish business and personal insolvency figures increased the latest quarterly figures. In February 2022 there were 18 business insolvencies registered in Northern Ireland, this was over three times as many as in February 2021, but 33% lower than February 2020. The insolvencies comprised of 10…
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The poorest households could see their cost of living jump by as much as 10% by this autumn, the Resolution Foundation think-tank has warned. The Foundation says that rising food and energy prices risk driving a second inflation spike this autumn that could reach over ten per cent for poorer households – significantly higher than…
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Over 1.8 million adults in Scotland have seen their finances get worse during the Covid pandemic, according to new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). Polling for the charity by YouGov found 41 per cent of Scottish adults found their financial position got worse during the pandemic, with 15 per cent saying their position has…
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