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Cost of Living

The cost of living crisis is creating huge challenges for consumers and businesses across the UK. This specially-designed hub will feature content from across Investment Week, Professional Adviser and Cover analysing the impact of the crisis for our readers, including the investment, financial advice and protection communities, as they help clients through this difficult time.

'Significant spike': Cost of living crisis drives pension withdrawals

'Significant spike': Cost of living crisis drives pension withdrawals

Jenna Brown

28 September 2022 • 5 min read

Mini Budget 22: Chancellor scraps 45% top rate of income tax

Tax planning

Mini Budget 22: Chancellor scraps 45% top rate of income tax

Mini Budget confirmed basic rate of income tax cut to 19p

23 September 2022 • 3 min read

Mini Budget 22: Chancellor confirms stamp duty cut

Tax planning

Mini Budget 22: Chancellor confirms stamp duty cut

‘200,000 more people will be taken out of paying stamp duty altogether’

23 September 2022 • 6 min read

Planned 1.25 percentage point National Insurance increase to be reversed

Tax Planning

Planned 1.25 percentage point National Insurance increase to be reversed

U-turn on planned rise comes ahead of tomorrow’s Mini Budget

22 September 2022 • 1 min read

BoE raises interest rates to 2.25% in seventh consecutive increase

Economics / Markets

BoE raises interest rates to 2.25% in seventh consecutive increase

The 0.5 percentage point increase was smaller than predicted

22 September 2022 • 2 min read

Relief for business owners as firms' energy bills to fall 50%

Economics / Markets

Relief for business owners as firms' energy bills to fall 50%

Wholesale prices expected to be fixed for all non-domestic energy customers

22 September 2022 • 2 min read

Mini Budget predictions: What's in store from the new chancellor?

Tax planning

Mini Budget predictions: What's in store from the new chancellor?

Kwasi Kwarteng likely to promise tax cuts in first speech as chancellor

22 September 2022 • 6 min read

Cost-of-living crisis forces almost half of investors to cash in their shares

Investment

Cost-of-living crisis forces almost half of investors to cash in their shares

Some 44% of investors have gone into cash

22 September 2022 • 2 min read

Mini budget for tax cuts and energy plans expected next week

Regulation

Mini budget for tax cuts and energy plans expected next week

Statement due four days after the end of the national mourning period

16 September 2022 • 1 min read

UK inflation cools to 9.9% in August as petrol prices dip

Economics / Markets

UK inflation cools to 9.9% in August as petrol prices dip

CPI fell to 9.9% in August from 10.1% in July

14 September 2022 • 3 min read

'Lack of certainty for businesses': Advisers on the new 'energy price cap'

Your Business

'Lack of certainty for businesses': Advisers on the new 'energy price cap'

'Plan with the worst case scenario'

09 September 2022 • 4 min read

Cost-of-living-crisis puts emergency funds under threat, research finds

Economics / Markets

Cost-of-living-crisis puts emergency funds under threat, research finds

'Get guidance'

24 August 2022 • 3 min read

Cost of living could put annuities back on the radar

Pensions

Cost of living could put annuities back on the radar

'Key option'

28 July 2022 • 2 min read

UK retail sales dip in June as households grapple with inflation

Economics / Markets

UK retail sales dip in June as households grapple with inflation

Pick up in food sales due to Jubilee

22 July 2022 • 1 min read

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