Cost of living crisis sees a return to cash

The cost of living crisis is seeing a move back to cash transactions according to the British Retail Consortium although cards still account for...

Revealed: How powerful companies are amplifying inflation through their profit margins

Powerful companies exploiting markets that are not working effectively have made the cost of living crisis worse for most people, according to a report...

MP’s raise serious doubts over whether State Pension is being paid accurately

There are serious doubts over whether the State Pension is being paid accurately. Following huge successive underpayments going back decades leaving pensioners out of pocket...

Junior Doctors in England to strike accusing Government of failing to make credible offer

Junior Doctors in England have announced new strike action in the days leading up to Xmas and in the first week of the New...

Government suffers defeat over Labour amendment guaranteeing compensation for blood scandal victims

Rishi Sunak lost his first vote in Parliament last night after 22 Conservative MP’s voted for a Labour MP’s amendment to the victims and...

More people getting into difficulties with credit survey finds

The survey, analysed by the University of Bristol and commissioned by abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, showed nearly two thirds  of households, amounting to 18.4...

Government announces five point plan to reduce net immigration

The Government has announced a series of measures to curb immigration Home Secretary James Cleverly set out a new five-point plan to reduce immigration,...

Britain needs a new economic strategy to end its stagnation and close its £8,300...

Britain’s toxic combination of low growth and high inequality has left it falling behind its peers. But a new economic strategy that builds on...

Metro Bank to axe nearly quarter of its workforce and review seven day opening

Metro Bank axing 850 jobs and reviewing seven-day bank branch opening hours The bank said it had identified potential cost savings of up to £50million...

NEW report finds most employees aged 16-24 miss out on key employment rights –...

A new TUC report published today reveals that nearly three-quarters  of young employees aged 16 to 24 miss out on key employment rights at...