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65.1 percent Poles are convinced that increasing the 500 plus benefit to PLN 800 will increase inflation in Poland. 1.9 percent of respondents believe that an increase in inflation will reduce inflation, according to an IBRiS survey for Radio ZET.more

Mortgage costs are rising after higher than expected inflation figures this week raised forecasts of how much UK interest rates will go up. A range of lenders have increased the cost of new deals, with Nationwide the most significant with increases of up to 0.45 percentage points on Friday.more

According to one of the UK's largest banks, more than two-thirds of all online shopping scams affecting UK consumers originate from Facebook or Instagram.more

The government is discussing plans for supermarkets to introduce a cap on the price of basic food items to help tackle the rising cost of living. more

Supermarkets have not been using high rates of inflation as a cover for making higher profits, the boss of Sainsbury's has told the BBC.more

The US President assured reporters yesterday that there would be no US bankruptcy and that negotiations with the Republicans on raising the debt limit were productive. At the same time, he acknowledged that the two sides have significantly different visions of the budget.more

Parcel delivery fraud is “by far” the most common scam faced by the public so far this year, according to Citizens Advice figures. Almost half of people targeted by scammers (49%) found themselves involved in a malicious parcel delivery scam, with fraudsters attempting to get hold of personal information or bank details.more

Households will be more than £400 a year better off on average from July after the cap on energy bills was slashed following steep falls in wholesale gas and electricity prices.more

Holiday fraudsters conned UK consumers out of more than £15m last year – twice as much as the year before – according to the UK’s scam reporting centre.more

The UK's annual inflation rate in April was 8.7 per cent, marking the first time it has fallen below 10 per cent since August last year. - reported the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) today. However, food prices are still rising very rapidly.more

The unthinkable is becoming a possibility. The US Congress may fail to raise the debt limit and lead to the technical bankruptcy of the United States. If this happens, every economy will be affected, stock markets will collapse and global markets will panic, warns the Economist.more

Fourteen Portuguese municipalities, popular with tourists, already charge holidaymakers a so-called tourist tax for overnight stays. This ranges from one to two euros.more

National Lottery operator Camelot has revealed a rise in sales over the past year, resulting in record returns to good causes directly from ticket sales. more

Hellmann’s mayonnaise has become the latest victim of shrinkflation. Tesco has pulled 800g jars of the brand from its shelves and replaced them with 600g versions.more

Soaring inflation has taken an average of £5,455 from UK households in the past two years, with the UK losing £153bn to rising prices overall. more

Morrisons has brought back its More Card loyalty scheme to replace its My Morrisons app following a successful trial. The Morrisons More scheme, which replaces the My Morrisons scheme, can be used as a physical card or app and allows customers to earn points from selected products and counters in store and online as well as at Morrisons petrol stations.more

Criminals are getting smarter at targeting victims to gain access to banking apps on mobile phones, a senior UK fraud officer has said. Detective Superintendent John Roch says the technology behind the apps is secure but criminals are getting better at exploiting human behaviour.more

Price increases at Costa have sent certain coffee options soaring past the £6 a cup mark, a Sunday Express investigation has found. more

London hospitality workers have seen some of the highest pay rises in the country, new data shows, as pubs, hotels and restaurants battle to attract and retain talent in the face of staff shortages and soaring costs.more

Nationwide says it hopes to replicate the move annually under new ‘Fairer Share’ scheme.more

The rising cost of living has seen prices increase across the board in the UK.more

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and related events cost the government an estimated £162m, the Treasury has said. The state funeral, held on 19 September 2022, followed a period of national mourning.more

Citizens Advice also called for better promotion of social tariffs after separate Ofcom figures revealed just 5% of eligible households had taken them up.more

Let's face it, we are all getting pretty fed up with this cost of living crisis. It's severely impacting many people's quality of life, with many living pay cheque to pay cheque. It's gone on long enough now that a whopping two in three workers have admitted they are open to moving to a new city after evaluating the cost of where they live and work.more

E.On Next, Good Energy and Octopus Energy have paid £8 million over compensation failures after lengthy delays in producing final bills to more than 100,000 customers when they switched suppliers, regulator Ofgem said.more