Low income families will hand over 26% of their income after housing costs in 2023/24 to pay for energy bills

New analysis reveals energy bills will be virtually impossible for poorest to pay next...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation found low income families will hand over 26% of their income after housing costs in 2023/24 to pay for energy...
The cost of living crisis is deepening inequalities across the country with cities outside the South suffering higher rates of inflation

Cost of living crisis deepening inequalities across Britain and increasing North South divide

The cost of living crisis is deepening inequalities across the country with cities outside the South suffering higher rates of inflation and tighter squeezes...

The Real Housewives of Cheshire specials to explore menopause

The Real Housewives of Cheshire will be launching a two-part special exploring the menopause, airing on ITVBe and ITV Hub in August. Current stars from...

New study reveals benefits of hybrid working for disabled workers but some fear choice...

Eighty-five per cent of disabled workers in the UK say they are more productive working from home, new research by the Work Foundation reveals. In...

Nearly 60% increase in UK households in serious financial difficulties

One in six UK households are now in ‘serious financial difficulties’, compared to one in ten in October 2021 – an additional 1.6...

Pandemic reversed the gains made in sport participation says report

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) was making some progress in increasing national participation in sport and physical activity until the...

Natural selection may be making society more unequal says research

Contemporary humans are still evolving, but natural selection favours those with lower earnings and poorer education - according to research from the University of...

Hundreds of thousands of people are having to wait for £300 million of vital...

Hundreds of thousands of people are having to wait for £300 million of vital support because of delays to PIP applications, according to new...

Online gambling is tackled in new interactive short film ‘Odds On’ commissioned by The...

Odds On is a new interactive short film from the award-winning Dante or Die, which dives into the alluring and compulsive world of online...

Fifteen years of income stagnation have left families brutally exposed to the current cost-of-living...

Real typical household disposable income growth for working age families has slumped to just 0.7 per cent a year in the 15 years leading...