The cost of food is soaring. Energy bills are going through the roof. This week the furlough scheme came to an end, while universal credit was cut by £80 a month.
And, with a number of tax rises in the pipeline and petrol prices closing in on a record high, many households are facing a tough winter. Here are all the ways the cost of living crisis could affect your family... Universal Credit was increased by £20-a-week during the Covid pandemic in a bid to help claimants weather the storm.
But now that £1,000 a year uplift has been scrapped in a move widely opposed by six former work and pensions secretaries, charities, think tanks, teachers and MPs across the political spectrum.
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