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Research from the Social Market Foundation found relatively affluent boroughs in London - such as Islington, Hackney and Camden - are falling well below the national average for residents’ happiness and life satisfaction.more

Britain is being hit by “real food poverty” for the first time in a generation, the boss of Tesco warned on Tuesday.more

People will continue to be able to easily access their cash and scam victims will be better protected under measures promised in the Financial Services and Markets Bill.more

The number of people struggling to buy food has risen by more than half — 57% — in three months as the cost of living crisis hits families.more

Rising prices are making the government's plans to reduce regional inequalities more difficult and more important, says Michael Gove, the cabinet minister for levelling up.more

Plans to forcibly move millions of people off legacy benefits and onto universal credit begin on Monday, amid calls for the process to be halted. more

Installments on zloty-denominated housing loans have already increased by three quarters and are likely to continue growing. We will have to wait for the first rate cuts at least until 2023. - HRE Investments experts believe.more

Corporate sentiment is deteriorating rapidly, so employers will be more assertive in salary negotiations, Pekao analysts indicate. According to them, the wage dynamics will reach its peak in the middle of the year, and then it will start to fall.more

The Bank of England (BoE) today raised its main interest rate from 0.75 per cent to 1 per cent, the highest level in 13 years. This is the fourth consecutive interest rate hike. The BoE expects inflation to exceed 10 per cent by the end of the year.more

Inflation will stay with us at least for the next 2-3 years - forecasts Pawe³ Borys, President of the Polish Development Fund. We hope that in the perspective of the 3rd quarter of this year inflation will reach its maximum and will start falling in the perspective of next year - he adds.more

Buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna will start reporting customer use of its products to credit agencies which could affect their credit ratings.more

99 percent of adult Poles perceive price increases, including 88 percent of all respondents who believe that prices of goods and services have risen sharply over the past year, CBOS said in a press release yesterday.more

Carers should be paid a higher minimum wage and made permanently eligible for work visas under immigration rules to help tackle staff shortages, according to Government advisers.more

The cost of living crisis has forced Brits to find ways to save money with experts suggesting switching off of so-called ‘vampire devices’ can help.more

The issues British people are most worried about have been revealed, with the cost of living crisis at the top of the list.more

Primark has warned that it will increase prices on its autumn and winter collection as costs go up for businesses around the world.more

In the first two months of this year the hotline of the National Tax Information in Poland provided nearly 25% more answers to telephone questions than in the corresponding period of 2021. According to experts, the data obtained from KIS are closely related to the introduction of the Polish Order and the problems faced by taxpayers on this account.more

The majority of Brits believe they will start struggling to pay their bills in a matter of months, a new survey has found.more

People who rely on face-to-face banking and cash are at risk of "being cut adrift" as branches and ATMs close, according to consumer group Which?.more

A greater number of people are borrowing more and expecting to save less as the rising cost of living bites in the UK, official figures suggest.more

Government plans for a new so-called ‘Global Britain tax’ will make it harder and more expensive for British businesses and investors to forge important new relationships with markets outside Europe, with up to £200 in additional taxes being put on the cost of flights, business leaders warned.more

Ministers have been criticised for how quickly humanitarian aid is being sent to Ukraine, with less than a third of the £220m promised having been handed out by the start of this month.more

We export more medicines than we import. The trade surplus of the whole EU in the scope of medicinal and pharmaceutical products has reached a record 136 billion EUR. Poland has its share in this - informs today "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more

A court on the Channel island of Jersey has frozen more than $7 billion worth of assets linked to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. That's about half of his estimated fortune, Bloomberg reports today.more

Many Brits who face soaring household bills this year are looking for all the extra financial support they can get during the current cost of living crisis. With that in mind, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is promoting the various benefits, allowances, credits and rebates it has available. more