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More European Union countries have announced energy-saving campaigns. Denmark and Hungary are reducing space heating in winter, and Italy is further shortening the heating season. Many countries have introduced bans on lighting buildings at night and illuminating advertisements.more

84.4 percent of respondents are concerned about rising prices for electricity, heating and hot water, according to a SW Research survey for rp.pl released Saturday.more

Almost 80% of the UK’s lowest-paid workers say they are now facing the toughest financial squeeze of their lifetimes, according to new research by the Living Wage Foundation.more

The pound has fallen to a new 37-year low against the US dollar after figures showed UK retail sales fell sharply in August as the rise in the cost of living continued to hit households.more

The UK's jobs market, which has been buoyant since the economy began to recover from the pandemic, might be starting to turn, experts have warned.more

Sainsbury’s has raised pay for staff again and offered free food during shifts as part of a £25 million package to support workers facing cost-of-living pressures. The UK’s second largest supermarket chain said £20 million of the cash boost will go towards a pay increase.more

Aldi has overtaken Morrisons to become the fourth-largest UK supermarket for the first time, according to data from research firm Kantar.more

Soaring milk, cheese and egg costs have pushed food inflation to its highest level for 14 years. Food prices rose at their fastest pace since 2008 in the year to August as the war in Ukraine continued to help drive up prices at supermarket tills.more

The UK’s largest banks will be tested on their ability to withstand a rise in defaults linked to sky-high energy prices, as part of the Bank of England’s delayed health check of the financial industry.more

Pay growth failed to keep pace with rising prices in July despite a jump in average wages, according to official data that showed the cost of living crisis continued to affect millions of households throughout the summer.more

Liz Truss’s plans for an energy price freeze and sweeping tax cuts will give Britain’s richest households twice as much financial support with living costs as the poorest households, according to a leading thinktank.more

The UK economy grew more slowly than expected in July as worker shortages and soaring costs weighed on activity amid the heightened risk of recession, my colleague Richard Partington reports. more

Inflation will peak over the next six months. I don't think it will exceed 20 per cent, the President of the Polish Development Fund Paweł Borys told the "Super Express".more

While Ukrainians are struggling and Europeans are trembling at the thought of energy bills, Norway is making obscene profits from the war, while it should think about how to help the EU get through the crisis. The Polish prime minister was the first to pay attention to it - the British weekly "Economist" wrote in the latest issue.more

The Danish government has announced a programme to reduce energy consumption. As part of the savings, the temperature in public buildings is to be reduced to 19 degrees Celsius from 1 October, except in schools, hospitals and nursing homes.more

The value of the government's new package of support for UK households affected by rising energy prices could reach around £100 billion, the Polish Economic Institute points out. According to analysts, the announced support could be one of Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss' first actions.more

The coming months in the European Union, in the face of an energy crisis linked to Russia's aggression against Ukraine and inflation, will be a test for the energy union. It is the EU's strategy to ensure that Europeans have access to affordable electricity.more

If, due to the war in Ukraine, a situation arises where gas has to be rationed in Switzerland, there will be a ban on heating rooms to temperatures higher than 19 °C. However, the country's authorities are considering the introduction of severe penalties - fines or even up to three years in prison - for non-compliance with these restrictions.more

The strikes of postal workers and a dozen or so rail carriers planned for the next few days have been canceled due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, announced the British trade unions today.more

Temporary suspension of the EU emissions trading system would be a better way to reduce electricity costs than the extraordinary tax proposed by the European Commission imposed on its producers - believes Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, quoted today by the Financial Times.more

Workers at Royal Mail have announced further strikes in a dispute over pay and conditions.more

Debt collection companies are seeing a sharp increase in the number of cases involving unpaid gas and electricity bills, reports the daily newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. "This is only the beginning" - estimates the newspaper.more

There is not much that can be done to prevent the British economy from falling into recession, admitted Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey. He emphasized that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, was responsible for this.more

Europe must prepare for the worst-case scenario: the complete cut-off of Russian gas supplies this winter, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in the parliament.more

The average house price increased by 0.4% month on month in August to hit a new record high, offsetting a 0.1% dip in July, according to an index. Across the UK, property values were up by 11.5% annually in August.more