Cost of Living Crisis

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Cost of Living Crisis

The UK in recent years has been experiencing a significant cost of living crisis, driven by rising inflation, increased energy prices, and stagnant wages. Households have been struggling to make ends meet as the prices of essential goods and services continue to climb.

Introduction to Macroeconomics: The Cost of Living Crisis

24th August 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – What is happening to consumer confidence in the UK? (May 2026)

21st May 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – How worrying is the recent increase in inflation? (Jan 2026)

26th January 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – How bad is the state of the UK’s macroeconomy? (Dec 2025)

8th December 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – why is UK inflation still above target? (Sept 2025)

22nd September 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – how climate change is affecting food price inflation (Dec 2024)

9th December 2024
A Fair Day’s Wage or a Financial Strain? Unpacking the UK’s Minimum Wage Hike

30th October 2024
IB Economics - Inflation, Disinflation and Deflation

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Fuel for Thought - More Action Needed to Increase Competition in the UK Fuel Market

26th July 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – as the General Elections looms, what are the key economic arguments likely to be? (June 2024)

6th June 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – the UK economic trends 2010-24, success or failure? (June 2024)

10th June 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – with inflation back in its target range, is the cost-of-living crisis over? (May 2024)

30th May 2024
UK Economy In 2023 | What Students Need to Know for their 2024 A-Level Economics Exams

19th February 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – the implementation of post-Brexit non-tariff barriers to trade to increase business costs (Jan 2024)

5th February 2024
Octopus Boss predicts fall in energy prices this spring

18th January 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – More cash transactions to help people manage their finances as the cost-of-living rise bites (Dec 2023)

14th December 2023
UK Economy - What is Causing the Steep Fall in Inflation?

16th November 2023
In the News Teaching Activity – Lessons from Scotland’s cap on rent increases (Nov 2023)

16th November 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: A Surprise Fall in the Rate of Inflation (Sept 2023)

25th September 2023
UK Economy - Inflation Falls to Below 8%

19th July 2023
Cost of Living Support - Government support seen as ineffective

13th July 2023
Monetary squeeze continues as BoE raises base rates to 5%

23rd June 2023
Why does the UK have the highest inflation in G7?

6th June 2023
Are we returning to the price controls of the 1970s?

1st June 2023
How inflation has hit your cheese sandwich options!

23rd May 2023
UK Economy - Do Higher Interest Rates Control Inflation?

Topic Videos
UK Economy - How Best to Bring Down Inflation?

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Inflation remains stubbornly high above 10%

20th April 2023
Update on the UK Economy for Students Taking A Level Economics in 2023

25th March 2023
From Pasta to Turnips - the UK Food System Under Pressure

26th February 2023
Could UK inflation fall below 2% in 2023?

23rd February 2023
Global Turbulence Persists - IMF World Economic Outlook Update, January 2023

1st February 2023
UK Business and Economics Update (Jan 2023)

24th January 2023
Trouble ahead for the UK Economy

30th December 2022
Four Reasons to Expect Falling Inflation during 2023

27th December 2022
Has UK inflation peaked?

15th December 2022
Rising inflation hits living standards for India's middle class

15th December 2022
Are we reaching a turning point for inflation?

14th December 2022
UK Economy Update December 2022: Watching for Signs of Recession

1st December 2022
Energy Update: News Stories on the Cost of Living Crisis

28th November 2022
Poverty and Inequality - Cost of Living Crisis hitting most deprived areas hardest

27th November 2022
Inflation Reaches 11% - A Look Inside Britain's Cost of Living Crisis

16th November 2022
Basic food prices surging - is a £7 pint on the way?

25th October 2022
Inflation reaches 10.1% - will the Triple Lock for pensions be maintained?

19th October 2022
Short News Videos on the UK Economic Crisis

30th September 2022
Netherlands raises their minimum wage by 10%

21st September 2022
Contestable Markets - Where now for UK grocers as Aldi overtakes Morrisons?

18th September 2022
Cost of Living Crisis - Boots debuts 'Everyday' budget essentials range

7th September 2022
Scotland introduces rail and rent freeze

6th September 2022
Cost of Living Crisis - Should all households get some free energy?

5th September 2022
Bus fares in England to be capped at £2 per journey for 3 months

3rd September 2022
Inter-connections that help explain the crisis

2nd September 2022
Cost Crisis Worsens for UK Care Homes

31st August 2022
Cost of Living Crisis - Two decades of real pay growth set to be wiped out

1st September 2022
Cost of Living Crisis - Dairy prices expected to remain high

30th August 2022
Energy Price Cap Jumps Again - An Economic and Social Crisis Arrives

26th August 2022
TUC launch campaign for £15 per hour national minimum wage

24th August 2022
UK workers suffer biggest hit to real wages since records began

17th August 2022
Energy Price Crisis - Time for a social tariff on energy bills?

11th August 2022
Recession Watch: TUC predicts biggest fall in real wages for 100 years

12th August 2022
Will UK trade union membership start to rise again?

7th August 2022
UK energy price cap to be updated every three months

4th August 2022
Could UK inflation reach 15% by the start of 2023?

4th August 2022
Burgernomics - McDonald's raises cheeseburger prices by 20%

29th July 2022
How regulatory failure has costs UK households money

27th July 2022
Can the UK government nudge people into using less energy?

25th July 2022
Explaining the Link Between the Ukraine War and the Global Food Crisis

22nd July 2022
Economics made simple: 10 experts on the cost of living crisis

17th July 2022
German government offers a cheap travel pass to citizens

15th July 2022
Spain uses a windfall tax to make some train journeys free

15th July 2022
How the cost of living crisis is widening child poverty

14th July 2022
Stagnation Nation - In Work Poverty, Inequality and Fragility in the face of Economic Shocks

13th July 2022
How deep is the UK's economic crisis? Six charts to help students understand what is really going on

11th July 2022
Stagflation and the Cost of Living Crisis in the UK

22nd June 2022
2022 Exams - Policies to Reduce Relative Poverty

Topic Videos
Economic Losses - Organic Dairy Farmers Fear for the Future

20th April 2022
Labour Market Update: Tesco raises pay and the top 1% take more income

8th April 2022

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