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Household living standards seem to be falling at their fastest pace since 2011 as the surge in inflation since last June’s Brexit vote hits home, data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed today. Real household disposable income per head in the first quarter of 2017 was 2 per cent lower than in the same quarter a year earlier.

The proportion of women working into their 70s has doubled in the past four years, to 11%.

Study says people who are just about managing will suffer as cost of living rises but wage growth slows and benefits are cut

Millions of families "just about managing" are on the tipping point of falling into poverty, says a report.

We all knew older generations are increasingly better off than their younger counterparts - but now a new study has found recent retirees are actually

Poverty among people who are working has risen despite a recovery in the UK economy, a study suggests.

A couple with two children need to spend more than £40,000 a year to reach a decent standard of living, according to a new study.

The political ramifications of a society in stasis.

Millions of families have been pushed to the brink of poverty because of rising living costs and stagnating wages, a new report warns. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the number of people living below an adequate standard of living had increased by four million to 19 million over the past six years. And it said the situation was likely to worsen unless the Government took drastic action to protect the poorest.

Pensioner households are £20 a week better off on average than those of working age, a report says.

Pensioner household incomes have overtaken those of working age equivalents for the first time, a new study found. Elderly spending power has been boosted by a new wave of pensioners who tend to still be in work, own a home and receive generous pension pots, analysis by the Resolution Foundation for the Intergenerational Commission shows. The As Time Goes By study, which charts income changes across different generations during the past half century, states low growth for working age households has coincided with a surge in pensioner wealth.

Resolution Foundation says inflation, welfare cuts and squeeze on pay will punish least well-off hardest

Rising inflation has ended a two-year boost for working-age households, says the Resolution Foundation.

The number of people living in poverty despite having a job has reached a record level because of a combination of high rents, low wages and benefit cuts, a new report has warned. It concluded that the economic recovery and the growth in employment in recent years has not been translated into rising living standards. The …