YOU WONT BELIEVE: 15 - What They Never Told You

Worst yet to come for families struggling with cost of living, think tank warns

After housing costs, the typical income for a working age family is set to drop by 3% in the year to the end of March.

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

UK only halfway through cost-of-living income squeeze - with worst to come

The bleak analysis from the Resolution Foundation think tank suggests the typical household will see their disposable incomes fall by £2,100 over a two-year period

Daily Mirror · Jan 9, 2023

Mortgage payers face squeeze in 2023 after UK interest rate rises

Wealthy, older people who own home outright will avoid higher costs and benefit from better return on savings

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2023

Families facing ‘groundhog year’ as financial squeeze continues – think-tank

Family finances face a repeat of 2022’s squeeze as the cost-of-living crisis deepens, the Resolution Foundation has warned.

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Families brace for 'groundhog year' as energy bills to soar by £900 and pay drops by 4%

Think-tank the Resolution Foundation warned incomes are set to fall by 3.8% in its New Year outlook, while the typical household energy bill is set to rise to £2,450 from £1,550

Daily Mirror · Dec 30, 2022

50,000 parents could face higher tax rates of up to 96% – are you one of them?

More families with children look set to face effective tax rates of between 80% and 96% due to the complicated and "colliding" rules of Universal Credit and Child Benefit

Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022

Major review of taxes including child benefit for two million families is quietly axed

Sources confirmed doomed Kwasi Kwarteng's Treasury review to make taxes 'better for families' is dead in the water under Rishi Sunak's leadership because events have overtaken it

Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022

DWP Universal Credit and child benefit 'tax trap' could mean households pay up to '96% tax'

Experts say 90,000 people are set to be caught out by 2030

Nottingham Post · Dec 29, 2022

The Observer view on fuel poverty measures freezing out poorest Britons

New analysis reveals the least affluent need urgent government support this winter

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

The British people ‘just got a lot poorer’, says IFS thinktank

UK has scored ‘a series of economic own goals’, Institute for Fiscal Studies says after autumn statement

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022