More than half of Britons are finding it harder to meet their monthly household budget than they were a year ago, the highest share in almost 10 years as inflation mounts, an opinion poll published on Thursday showed.more
The number of people homeless in England is predicted to jump by a third by 2024 as councils warn of a “tidal wave” of need caused by benefits freezes, soaring food and energy bills and the end of Covid eviction bans.more
Asda employees earn so little that they cannot afford to shop at the store, according to a recent survey by the GMB trade union. Some supermarket chain employees have to use food banks or rely on alms, it added.more
Air tickets in the European Union will soon cost several dozen euros more than at present. It is related to the EU climate policy - according to a study commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure of the Netherlands. Low-cost airlines will increase prices the most.more
Tube workers in London are set for a massive pay rise which could see their salaries increase more than 8%. The increase is expected to cost Londoners as much as £100m.more
In January, the annual inflation rate in the United Kingdom rose to 5.5%. and was the highest since March 1992, the National Bureau of Statistics (ONS) reported.more
Employees are afraid to ask for pay rises, often preferring to change jobs rather than talk to their bosses about a pay rise - assessed labor market experts yesterday during the presentation of the results of the Labor Market Monitor by the Randstad Research Institute.more
UK wage growth is increasingly lagging behind rising inflation, with real earnings in December 2021 1.2 percent lower than a year earlier, the ONS statistics office said today.more
At the end of 2021, loans taken out on their own were twice as bad as loans taken in pairs, according to the data of the Credit Information Bureau published today.more
The UK tax authority is facing “new and challenging risks” policing changes to the rules governing payment of contractors in the private sector, according to a report by the independent public spending watchdog.more
Half of Poles living in relationships believe that all expenses should be incurred jointly, and approx. 41% that it is the man who should bear the greatest financial burden - according to the study of the National Debt Register of the Economic Information Bureau.more
Four out of five Germans are worried about the next billing of heating costs due to rising energy prices, according to a survey published on Friday, writes the website of the weekly "Spiegel".more
Octopus Energy will offer free electricity to its 1.4 million smart meter customers who can hit electricity reduction targets during peak hours. We've full info on who can get it and how to apply below. more
"Super Express" reports that the government in Poland is working on changing the real wage growth rate. The daily emphasizes that inflation is ruining the budgets of seniors who are afraid of low valorization of benefits and complain that pensions on the Vistula are too low.more
Poles pay rent first and then credit installments and electricity bills; water and gas invoices are moved to further positions in the repayment plan, according to research conducted by the National Debt Register.more
The Unilever Group, which has brands such as Marmite, Dove and Hellmann's in its portfolio in the UK, announced a further increase in prices in stores. As she warned, the costs of employment, transport, raw materials and now also electricity are rising in the country.more
One of Spain's most popular streamers Xokas has warned the government that if it continues to raise taxes, he will start paying them in Andorra, where they are much lower. At least 10 other well-known Spanish youtubers have emigrated to Andorra due to increasing fiscal pressure in the country.more