Living standards

Look into the eyes of the youngest Britons, and it'll quickly become apparent there's a crisis depriving them of not just basic necessities like clothes and medical care - but most tragically hope.A secondary school pupil in Liverpool…

Sunak has some nerveRishi Sunak deserves no credit for the fall in inflation. When it was on the rise, the government claimed it was the result of forces outside its control so it follows that any decline is also a consequence of external…

Official figures showed the UK economy recorded no growth in April in another blow to Rishi Sunak's General Election campaign. It comes less than 24 hours after the PM again insisted the economy "has turned a corner" as he launched his…

It's back to the future with the General Election fast morphing into 1983 with a role reversal twist.Then Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives benefited hugely from an error-strewn Labour campaign under a poor leader, dear Michael Foot a…

That was mission accomplished by serious Keir Starmer and near fatally unaccomplished for spoilt child Rishi Sunak.The Labour challenger only needed to avoid fluffing his lines or falling off the stage so he will be very satisfied. Starmer…

Working class voters believe the government is failing to give families a decent standard of living, a poll has found.The survey showed people think ministers are doing a bad job at running public services including the NHS, setting taxes…

I know the difference Labour in power can make. As a young mum in the 1990s, it was a Labour Government that transformed my life. When I most needed it, that support meant I could go out and find the job that I built a life upon for me and…

Life as a young person under the Tories would mean "maths until 18 then off to war", a Labour source said - as Rishi Sunak plots the return of mandatory national service. Under bonkers plans being drawn up by the Tories, all 18-year-olds…

Keir Starmer has hit out at the Tories for overseeing an “absolutely unforgivable” drop in living standards as he urged voters to “turn the page”. The Labour leader pitched the General Election in July as a vote between "two different…

Families are still having to cut back on their spending despite the Tories gloating that the cost of living crisis is ending, a poll has found.Just one in seven people feel their living standards are improving this year as many fall behind…