Tag: Cost of living 2024
Surge in ‘doom spending’ as Brits seek escape from bad news
The rise of buy now pay later finance across online retailers and the high street has boosted instinctive and guilt-free shopping …
Crisis for carers – money troubles, anxiety and depression revealed
New ONS research has investigated the finances and well-being of what it calls “sandwich carers” who are defined as adults with dependent children aged up to 18 …
Warning for UK economy as cost of living crisis leads to fewer babies
The total fertility rate dropped to 1.44 children per woman in 2023, which is the lowest value since records began in 1938 …
