All news on the topic: Living standards

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Millions 'will feel like they're living in a recession' even if UK avoids one
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research issues its latest quarterly briefing - warning of misery for households across the UK and attacking Tory levelling-up claims
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Teachers, civil servants and train drivers walk out in biggest strike in decade
Today's walkouts by five unions will be biggest day of strike action since 2011 - and will coincide with mass protests by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) against the Government's anti-strike legislation
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'Appointing Dominic Raab as Deputy PM was a nasty mistake by Rishi Sunak'
Inheriting scandals from Boris Johnson, Sunak would have drawn a line in the sand if he was strong, but he is weak, agreeing dodgy deals and gifting Cabinet seats to tainted people, such as Dominic Raab
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Figures show UK £60bn worse off than G7 average as Hunt lays out growth plan
The dismal analysis came as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gave a speech laying out the government's plans for investment and growth
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Grant Shapps' anti-strike legislation breaches international law, experts say
The Trade Union Law Group of specialist lawyers claims that would go against worker protection rights enshrined under human rights conventions and international treaties
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Tory failures force families to spend £10k on energy over five year parliament
Labour analysis found households are on the hook for £2,600 more in power bills than they paid under the 13 years Labour were in charge from 1997 to 2010
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How much you really need for decent retirement explained - as costs soar
With soaring energy and food costs, the amount pensioners need to live a decent life has risen significantly. Here we take a look at how much is required to cover three different types of retiree lifestyles
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‘We work best together - but need a Government as caring as people they rule'
Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has praised the Warm Welcome project - supported by the Daily Mirror - which is helping to heat communities amid the cost of living crisis
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UK only halfway through cost-of-living income squeeze - with worst to come
The bleak analysis from the Resolution Foundation think tank suggests the typical household will see their disposable incomes fall by £2,100 over a two-year period
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Bosses have already earned in 5 days what average workers will for whole year
The annual pay of CEOs at the nation’s biggest businesses stands at an average of £3.41million - £1078.26 per hour - 103 times that of the average full-time worker’s pay of £33,000
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500 deaths is criminal and you can't blame it on strikers - Voice of the Mirror
This death toll is the consequence of criminal neglect and is on the watch of unelected PM Rishi Sunak and a Health Secretary, Stephen Barclay, who must be held accountable
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Mystic Mag's 2023 predictions include strikes, sleaze, self pity and separation
After last year’s economic and political nightmares, Mystic Mag peers into his crystal ball to predict what further horrors lie in store as Tories lurch from one disaster to the next