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Conservative leadership bid

Sunak attacks Truss’s tax plans as 10.1% inflation adds to cost-of-living crisis

RMT members on a picket line in Bristol

Fresh transport strikes to cause more travel chaos

Double-digit inflation sinks spirits among European and US markets

Double-digit inflation sinks spirits among European and US markets

A person calculating the cost of living with a phone calculator and a desk full of bills and till receipts

Londoners open up about impact of cost-of-living crisis

Royal Mail vans

Royal Mail workers back strike action in row over terms and conditions

Inflation

Double-digit inflation leaves families ‘worried sick’ over cost of living

Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi

Zahawi condemns Labour’s energy plan for rewarding ‘wealthier people like me’

A man shopping

Struggling households face more pressure as cost of living rises 10.1% in July

Persimmon development

Persimmon reports strong housing demand despite revenue slump

A resident turning their radiator down

‘Millions face winter of despair with one in four unable to afford energy bills’

Coins and notes

What can households do to cope with soaring inflation?

Credit cards

Spending on credit cards up a third amid cost-of-living crunch

Boris Johnson

‘Captain’ Johnson on ‘shore leave’ amid cost-of-living crisis, says Tory peer

Estate agents' boards outside a row of houses

UK house price growth slows to 11-month low

The departures board at Victoria station, London

How is each train operator affected by the latest rail strikes?

A smart fridge

Health chief: Do not turn off fridges to save money as cost of living bites

Bank of England

Soaring inflation pressures Bank to further hike interest rates, economists say

Margaret Thatcher

What was life like the last time inflation was this high in 1982?