cost of living

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Since 2010, the cost of train travel has gone up twice as fast as wages

You’re suffering from the rail fare rises – even if you’ve never caught a train

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"Marmitegate was just the first sign that the cost of our weekly shop is directly linked to the outcomes of the government's negotiations with Brussels"

The government needs to take urgent action to prevent Brexit hurting all of us

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Mr McDonnell has been a champion of workers rights throughout his political career

BFAWU slams Smith’s ‘absurd’ criticism of McDonnell

Opinion

The National Living Wage is not enough to live on

Why the National Living wage is not really a living wage at all

Comment & Analysis

The cost of private renting increased by 2.5% this year

Comment: Soaring rent is creating a two-tier society

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The question is why the government could afford a minimum wage of £7 an hour only two months ago, but can only stretch to a 20p increase now

£6.70? The minimum wage should be £10 say BFAWU

Opinion

Pay survey reveals teachers being denied 1% cost of living award

Featured

Defeat for Environment Bill amendment restricting lead ammunition

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Featured

"The BASC Shotgun Coach of the Year award celebrates those coaches that go over and above their duty to help our sport flourish"

“Inspiring” Lawrie Stewart wins BASC Shotgun Coach of the Year award

In his fourth year as a BASC shotgun coach, Lawrie Stewart overcame strong competition to win BASC’s Shotgun Coach of the Year award at this year’s Midland Game Fair.

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Opinion

New RSPCA stats show pet owners snub luxuries in favour of their animals

TrustedHousesitters.com offers pet owners the perfect solution.

Blogs

Relatively modest homes in central London are now worth millions.

Miliband’s mansion tax will do nothing to solve the housing crisis

Miliband’s policy is a torn piece of toilet paper placed on an open wound.

events

NEA: Annual Conference 2014 – Turning the Tide: A Sea Change in Action on Fuel Poverty?

Opinion

Key industry leaders gather in Scarborough for fuel poverty summit

Opinion

Packaging Federation Fresher for Longer video

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Comment & Analysis

Christopher Goodfellow: "It capture’s voters' discontent, is easy to express and has a catchy name."

Comment: Forget living costs: Ed Miliband needs a misery index

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"You can challenge the penalty if you have a reasonable excuse for having missed the deadline"

Taxpayers with reasonable excuse can dispute their late filing penalty

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"There was a glitch in HMRC’s system until this month"

Tax return filers urged to check for Marriage Allowance error

Blogs

Ed Miliband fails to make his case on minimum wage.

Why Labour’s minimum wage pledge isn’t all it seems

Blog

George Osborne: Triumphant

Osborne has fallen into Labour’s trap on living standards

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BFAWU: Is a contract and a wage really too much to ask of fast food employers?

News

We may, or may not, be starting to get better off again. Maybe.

Stats warfare: Numbers fly in cost-of-living battle

Blogs

Two victims of the cost of gym membership crisis

Labour’s ‘cost of gym crisis’ shows exactly where they’re going wrong

News

Train season tickets set to rise again today.

Ministers deny trying to profit from commuters as fares rise

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