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All the latest news and articles covering the UK's Cost of Living as prices rise and a crisis takes hold, including updates on support and payments. Cost of Living refers to the amount of money needed to cover basic expenses, such as housing, food, energy bills, and healthcare.

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Nearly 2,900,000 people are one paycheque away from being homeless, new data shows

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Jasper King

Here's how much life cost in 1995 compared to 2025

Channel: Money Money 4 days ago By Caroline Westbrook
GLENCOE, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 08: A walker passes Black Rock Cottage in front of Buachaille Etive Mor on January 08, 2025 in Glencoe, United Kingdom. The Met Office has issued weather warnings as a cold snap sweeps across the UK, bringing bouts of ice, snow, and rain. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Cold Weather payment checker shows if your postcode is eligible for £25

Channel: UK UK 5 days ago By Jen Mills
People walk through snow in Balerno, Edinburgh. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued cold weather health alerts for all of England ahead of a week of low temperatures. Amber alerts have been issued from 12pm on Thursday until January 8, meaning a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions, is likely, the UKHSA said. Picture date: Friday January 3, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

How to find out if your postcode is eligible for cold weather payment

Channel: UK UK 5 days ago By Jen Mills

World's richest 500 people now worth record £8,000,000,000,000

Channel: World World December 31, 2024 By Danny Rigg

Who is eligible for pension credit - and how to claim?

Channel: Money Money December 31, 2024 By Rachael Martin

Martin Lewis issues three-day energy overpayment warning to 48 million Brits

Channel: Money Money December 31, 2024 By Jessica Lindsay
Overhead view of young Asian women managing home finance using laptop & smartphone. She is working. with household utility bill and calculating expenses at home.

Deadline looms for millions to submit energy meter reading or face higher bills

Channel: Money Money December 28, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

‘I lost £860 in one day at my food truck and my life changed forever’

Channel: UK UK December 27, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson
Woman sitting at the office desk and reading letter with christmas tree in the background

Full list of Christmas benefits pay dates for DWP and HMRC

Channel: UK UK December 23, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - APRIL 14: Car parking signs are displayed at Manchester Royal Infirmary on April 14, 2022 in Manchester, England. Free parking in hospital car parks for NHS staff was introduced by the government in July 2020 during the pandemic but ended on March 31, 2022. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Full list of 37 NHS trusts that have upped parking charges - is yours included?

Channel: UK UK December 21, 2024 By Sam Corbishley
(FILES) A smart meter indicating how many kWh (kilowatt-hour) of energy has been used already in one day, and how much it has cost in pounds sterling, is pictured in a house in London, on December 13, 2022. The price cap on energy bills for most UK households will rise this winter, regulator Ofgem said on November 23, 2023, further fuelling a cost-of-living crisis that is forecast to worsen. Bills will climb from January on rising wholesale energy prices, which have increased due to key producer Russia's war in Ukraine, Ofgem said in a statement. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Thousands of pensioners at risk of missing Winter Fuel Payment this Christmas

Channel: UK UK December 18, 2024 By Kyriakos Petrakos
Young woman decorating home for the upcoming holidays

How much does it cost to run Christmas lights at home? Prices revealed

Channel: Money Money December 15, 2024 By Rebecca Sayce
New corporate identity and logo Nationwide Building society on 28th July 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution, the seventh largest cooperative financial institution and the largest building society in the world. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Nationwide £100 customer bonus: What we know so far about the next UK payouts

Channel: Money Money December 13, 2024 By Jessica Lindsay
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Maureen McLean/Shutterstock (14979131g) Thames Water replacing a sewer in Slough, Berkshire. Thames Water has reportedly received a bid of ?5 billion from Covalis Capital supported by French company Suez Group. Castle Water, a Scottish utility firm co-owned by Conservative Party treasurer Graham Edwards, are also reported to have made a bid for Thames Water ahead of this week's deadline for potential investors. Despite calls for Thames Water to be renationalised, it has been reported that this will not happen at this stage despite the huge debts owed by Thames Water Thames Water Covalis Bid, Slough, Berkshire, UK - 06 Dec 2024

Water customers face huge bill this Christmas

Channel: UK UK December 12, 2024 By Josh Milton
Christmas joy with my family

How much does Christmas cost in 2024? Average UK family festive spending revealed

Channel: Money Money December 8, 2024 By Rebecca Sayce
Timothee Chalamet as Willie Wonka surrounded by falling chocolate bars and money

Rising chocolate prices could separate the Charlie Buckets from the Veruca Salts

Channel: Food Food December 9, 2024 By Jessica Lindsay

Mum wins thousands after British Gas bill her £9,000 — but she's not sticking around

Channel: UK UK December 9, 2024 By Danny Rigg

Martin Lewis reveals switch to slash Christmas light running costs to 1p a day

Channel: Money Money December 4, 2024 By Jessica Lindsay
A composite image with a thermostat and campaigners protesting the winter fuel payment cuts.

Full list of people eligible for £150 discount on their heating this winter

Channel: UK UK December 4, 2024 By Jasper King
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