How the RPI rip off will hit more pensioners than Maxwell or Brown
Steve Webb, Pensions Minister, was at it again yesterday – trying to play down the damage that will be done by his plan to reduce the protection from inflation that millions of people’s pensions...
View ArticleInflation risk to 3.5m people's pensions
Nearly 3.5m members of company pensions could suffer reduced protection against inflation, despite today’s statement by Steve Webb, Pensions Minister, described by experts as a “surprise about-turn”....
View ArticleWhy your standard of living is falling by £1 a day
Falling returns from saving and the rising cost of living, with prices increasing faster than wages, mean the average family is £1 a day worse off than it was in 2008, according to new research by the...
View ArticleSwitch from RPI to CPI will cost State pensioners £207m next year
New methods to measure inflation for calculating State pensions which come into effect next month will mean more than 10m older people get £207m less next year than they would under the current system....
View ArticleExpat pensioner exodus: would the last person to leave Britain please switch...
Falling standards of living in Britain are encouraging rising numbers of pensioners to retire overseas – but experts warn expats to beware the dangers of disappointment. Hopes of warmer weather and...
View ArticleNever mind the cost of living; have you seen what it costs to die around here?
Never mind today’s increase in the cost of living – have you seen what it costs to die around here? Inflation does not stop with the last breath, and basic burial costs vary more than house prices from...
View ArticleInflation ‘falls’ while the cost of living continues to rise: which planet...
Today’s inflation figures will prompt many readers who must pay their way in the real world to wonder which planet the economists are on. We are asked to believe that inflation has ‘fallen’ to 3.6pc,...
View ArticleWealthy foreigners cash in as weak sterling makes expensive London house...
Wealthy foreigners who wish to live in London are major beneficiaries of freezing interest rates at historic lows, which has caused the cost of living in the capital to fall below that in Beijing and...
View ArticleBudget 2013: fears rise as cost of living soars four times faster than earnings
Household bills have risen four times faster than average earnings since the credit crisis began, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), leaving many families fearing worse to come from...
View ArticleNew fears about inflation as RPI is quietly downgraded
New fears about inflation and how official statistics may understate the rate at which the real value or purchasing power of money is being eroded are raised by the United Kingdom Statistics...
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