Alston, CumbriaThis two-bedroom, stone-built cottage is semi-detached with an exposed stone wall and ceiling beams in the living room. The busy town has pubs, a hotel, tearooms and a post...
Your editorial about the looming energy cost crisis (20 April) is correct to put centre stage a massive home energy efficiency programme to both cut bills and contribute to our...
At a time when household budgets are already being squeezed, it is more important than ever that companies feel the heat of competition to force them to keep prices down....
Living standards are set to fall at their fastest rate since records began in the mid-1950s. Last month, the Office for Budget Responsibility predicted that real household incomes will fall...
In the late 18th century, as the impact of the Industrial Revolution bit into the lives of the nascent working class, the high cost of fuel, one study notes, “forced...
Price controls are often called for and sometimes implemented. We saw that when food prices spiked in the late 2000s and many poorer countries capped prices or banned exports. This...
One in six divorced people said they did not realise their pension could be affected by splitting up, a survey has found.More than a third said they made no claim...
Raid your cupboards …Instead of rushing out to buy new cleaning products, check for almost-empty bottles squirrelled away at the back of your sink cupboard that you can use up.You...